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How Crowdsourced Delivery Can Clean Up the Urban Last Mile

The last mile is the most costly and time-consuming part of the shipping process, thanks to high-quantity package drop-offs and low-quantity volumes.

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Robots Edge Closer to Unloading Trucks in Amazon-Era Milestone

As FedEx and UPS beef up automation to keep pace with surging e-commerce and a potential threat from Amazon, they’ve been stumped at a crucial stage: loading and unloading trucks.

Source: Bloomberg

Ford Partners With Amazon to Enable Package Deliveries to Trunks

Ford follows General Motors and Volvo in joining with the online retailing giant to offer Key by Amazon In-Car delivery service.

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Amazon One-Day Shipping Is a Tough Perk to Match

Amazon’s announcement registered loudly in the halls of its competitors: e-commerce companies and old-line retailers that will now have to start investing just as furiously to keep up.

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Amazon Pledges One-Day Delivery for Top Clients in U.S.

Amazon.com Inc. will spend $800m in the current quarter to reduce delivery times for top customers to one day from two, trying to revive its main e-commerce franchise and ward off greater competition.

Source: Bloomberg

Uber Is Reading Its Pitch as the Amazon of Transportation

Uber wants to convince investors that it’s a transportation and logistics market-maker that can build — and then supply — new demand for everything from scooters and bicycles to freight and food delivery.

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Africa's Amazon Is Growing Fast as Online Retail Takes Off

Often tagged as Africa’s Amazon.com, Jumia Technologies has been able to grow in markets largely untapped by the U.S. heavyweight, which is hampered by a lack of distribution infrastructure on the continent.

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UPS, Drone Maker Begin First Regular Commercial Flights in U.S.

The drone deliveries further United Parcel Service's push into managing and delivering healthcare products.

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How Supply Chain Technology Enables the ‘New Retail’ Customer Experience

Today’s “new retail” — a shopping experience that seamlessly blends digital and offline commerce — is still in its infancy. But it’s already defining the future of technology, business and operational strategies for companies worldwide.

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Operations in Flight: How Drones Are Revolutionizing Transportation and Logistics

Drone technology is enhancing operations, worker productivity, business profitability and more.

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Saudi Delivery App Outdoes Uber by Letting Shoppers Bargain on the Go

Typing out your order on Mrsool is only the start of what’s made the Saudi delivery app more popular in the kingdom than Uber and Facebook.

Source: Bloomberg

Five Steps Shippers Can Use to Monitor UPS Costs

After months of contract negotiations between United Parcel Service and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union’s chief negotiator announced that the union had reached a tentative agreement.

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