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Last-Mile Delivery: A Pothole in the Road to E-Commerce Growth

New categories of last-mile delivery companies and sharing services are emerging to meet growing challenges.

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FedEx Tiptoes Into $9Bn Online Market for Bulky Deliveries

FedEx is testing delivery of bulky products, a $9bn market that couriers had left to more traditional trucking companies because large items don’t fit well in their sorting operations.

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Truckers Reap New Riches Thanks to Millennials

As consumers grow comfortable buying big, bulky goods online, national trucking companies are plowing investment into winning the business by displacing or buying up local operators.

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Amazon Delivery: Should Shipping and Fulfillment Businesses Be Worried?

It seems that every year we can expect Amazon to test a new delivery service.

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American Chain Restaurants Had a Tough Year and 2019 Looks Worse

After facing stagnant sales and weak customer traffic in 2018, U.S. restaurants will encounter more headwinds next year, including rising food and wage costs.

The Importance of Last-Mile Facilities in the Supply Chain

Whether it’s one-day, same-day or one-hour shipping, how can retailers fulfill delivery promises?

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Instacart Is Breaking Up With Whole Foods, Thanks to Amazon

In 2014, when Instacart was a younger grocery-delivery startup, Whole Foods was its first major relationship. A lot has changed since then.

Amazon, Walmart Are Challenging FreshDirect's NYC Grocery Supremacy

For many years, FreshDirect has ruled the online grocery business in a city where most people don’t own cars.

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U.K. Is Paving the Way for Electric Planes, Urban Drones

The U.K. will plow $160m into electric planes and drones to ease congestion in urban areas, Business Secretary Greg Clark announced this week.

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Walgreens Starts Next-Day Drug Delivery

Walgreens is rolling out a nationwide next-day prescription-delivery service to fend off competition from Amazon and numerous venture capital-backed startups.

Q&A | They Want It Now: The Age of Same-Day Delivery

Once considered a premium option — assuming it was available at all — same-day service is now the standard for many e-commerce shoppers.

Once considered a premium option - assuming it was available at all - same-day service is now the standard for many e-commerce shoppers. Mike Honious, chief operating officer of Geodis Americas, explains how retailers are meeting that goal.

Unprecedented Online Holiday Sales Could Have Costly Aftermath for Retailers

Black Friday results have reinforced that this U.S. holiday shopping season will be one of the best in recent memory. But even in good times, there are concerns for retailers.

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