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Five Ways Parcel Shippers Can Navigate Peak-Season Rate Increases

This year’s higher-than-normal general rate increases for parcel shipping caught many companies by surprise.

Packages move down a chute at a United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) Worldport facility in Louisville, Kentucky. Photo: Bloomberg.

Battle Over Independent Truckers’ Employment Status Wages On, Awaiting High Court Ruling

The recent debate over who is an independent contractor versus a direct employee promises to have a big impact on commercial truckers.

A heavy goods vehicle drives down a highway. Photo: Bloomberg.

Imaginnovate Partners With eTrac to Streamline Final-Mile

Imaginnovate, a software development company, and eTrac Technologies, a last-mile delivery technology provider, announced a partnership intended to further automate final-mile shipment delivery.

Prescription Delivery Options Are Increasing. Is Your Pharmacy Prepared?

Building out the logistics for prescription delivery comes with considerable hurdles.

Alphabet to Test Drone Delivery for Walgreens in Texas

Alphabet Inc.’s drone-delivery operation is expanding to a Walgreens in suburban Dallas where it will make airborne deliveries of toothpaste and other goods to residents of nearby towns.

Alphabet Inc.’s drone-delivery operation, Wing LLC, delivers a package at a home during a demonstration in Blacksburg, Virginia. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: How Fast Fulfillment Changed Retailing

Sanchoy Das, professor in the Engineering Department of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, explains how “fast fulfillment” has come to dominate e-commerce, to the point where online shoppers expect nothing less.

How Fast Fulfillment Changed Retailing

project44 Buys Last-Mile Technology Provider Convey in $255 Million Acquisition

project44 Inc., a provider of real-time supply chain visibility, announced that it has acquired Austin-based Convey Inc., a last-mile technology provider that powers direct-to-consumer delivery experiences.

From Nairobi to Ningbo: The Supply Shocks Spanning Globe

From high-class problems to difficulties finding life’s necessities, the pandemic has convulsed global supply chains on such a scale that few industries, socio-economic classes or regions are immune.

A container ship sails at dusk. Photo: Bloomberg

FedEx Partners With Self-Driving Car Startup Aurora in Texas

Aurora Innovation Inc. will help move cargo for FedEx Corp. in a pilot project in Texas that uses the startup’s technology in a self-driving Paccar Inc. truck.

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E-Commerce Boom Forces Property Owners to Upgrade Their Mailrooms

Buildings are flooded with more packages than ever, forcing mailroom managers to rethink how they store and distribute to tenants.

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Walmart Teams With Ford, Argo to Launch Driverless Delivery Service

Walmart is teaming up with Ford and self-driving startup Argo AI to launch a driverless delivery service in three U.S. cities.

A Walmart Inc. storefront. Photo: Bloomberg.

Helicopter Service Blade Doubles Down on Transporting Organs

Blade Air Mobility Inc., best known for flying Manhattan’s elite to locations including the Hamptons, Nantucket and South Florida, is doubling down on the business of transporting human organs.

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