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Watch: Bringing Visibility to Parcel Delivery

Dana von der Heide, chief commercial officer and founder of Parcel Perform, explains what’s driving the need for greater visibility in parcel delivery, and how to achieve it.

Bringing Visibility To Parcel Delivery

Driving Value in Your Supply Chain With Robotics and Automation

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Amazon Raises Prime Membership Amid Supply Chain Bottlenecks

Amazon.com Inc. is raising the annual fee for its Prime subscription service in the U.S. by $20 to $139, the first such increase since 2018.

A truck drives through an Amazon delivery station in Kearny, New Jersey. Photo: Bloomberg.

Asendia USA and DPDgroup Partner to Offer E-Commerce Parcel Delivery Services to Europe

Asendia USA, a provider of international parcel and mail services, announced its partnership with DPDgroup, a European parcel delivery network, to offer U.S.-based online retailers e-commerce parcel delivery services to Europe via the DPDgroup delivery network.

Carrier Cut-Off Dates Lead to Lost Holiday Sales

Ninety-eight percent of the brands we surveyed reported that carrier-imposed cut-off dates cause them to lose sales during the holiday season.

A U.S. Postal Service mail truck drives down a snowy street. Photo: Shutterstock.

Amazon Packages Pile Up as AWS Outage Spawns Delivery Havoc

An Amazon Web Services outage wreaked havoc on the e-commerce giant’s delivery operation, preventing drivers from getting routes or packages and shutting down communication between Amazon and the thousands of drivers it relies on.

Amazon Flex drivers load parcels into their cars. Photo: Bloomberg.

FedEx, UPS Turn Holiday Surge Into Someone Else’s Problem

Retailers have increasingly turned to regional couriers to help shuffle packages that delivery titans UPS and FedEx can’t — or won’t.

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

Walmart Takes New Step Toward Making Aerial Deliveries Routine

Walmart is expanding its efforts to offer aerial deliveries to homes, joining with startup DroneUp to begin dropping off items ranging from cans of tuna to children’s thermometers.

Packages move along a conveyor belt inside a Walmart Inc. fulfillment center. Photo: Bloomberg.

FedEx Sees 10% Rise in Holiday Package Volume to Record Levels

FedEx is forecasting a 10% increase in holiday package deliveries over a previous record peak season in 2020 as consumers remain hooked on internet shopping even as stores reopen from last year’s lockdowns.

FedEx Corp. couriers unload packages from a delivery truck. Photo: Bloomberg.

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.

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.

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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