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Tips on Avoiding Breakage When Shipping Products

Breaking up may be hard to do. But breaking products during transit is all too easy.

Cost, Not Quick Delivery, Uppermost in Minds of Those Buying Online, Report Finds

While more peak-season shopping will likely be done online this year than ever before in North America, one of the most important factors in a shopper's decision to use the web will be cost rather than speed of delivery, according to a consumer survey conducted by Canadian parcel and freight service Purolator International, along with the Stony Brook University Center for Survey Research.

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Transportation Insight Acquires BirdDog Solutions

Transportation Insight LLC, a global third-party logistics (3PL) provider, has acquired BirdDog Solutions, a provider of parcel logistics in North America.

Walgreens Chooses Deliv for Same-day Prescription Delivery in Some Areas in Dallas

Walgreens has selected Deliv, a crowdsourced, last-mile delivery company, to make same-day prescription deliveries in Dallas.

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Lojistic Offers Audisee, Free Parcel-Audit Web Tool

Lojistic, a provider of software for managing transportation costs, has developed Audisee, a new instant Web tool for parcel auditing.

DHL Expands Services in Northern Virginia's Dulles Corridor

DHL has opened a new service center in Herndon, Va., to serve the area of northern Virginia known as the Dulles Corridor.

Retailers Who Fail to Get Home Delivery Right First Time May Not Get Second Chance

Home delivery is shaping up to be the sticky widget in retailers' toolboxes this holiday season - and one that could affect customer loyalty for a long time to come - as half of all consumers won't give merchants a second chance following a disappointing online experience.

Can 'Amazon Transportation and Logistics' Begin to Compete in 3PL World?

Much as it has with cloud computing, Amazon is poised to move in a big way into third-party transportation and logistics services, leveraging its vast network of fulfillment and distribution centers as well as its massive data and cloud assets, according to an equity analyst and media reports.

When Will the Drones Start Flying?

Commercial delivery drones are in our future - or so we're told. What will it take to make them a reality?

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OnTrac Moves Las Vegas Operations to Suburban Henderson

OnTrac, a provider of package-delivery services in the western U.S., is moving its Las Vegas facility to Henderson, Nev.

E-commerce Continues to Change Logistics, Warehousing Landscape, Study Says

E-commerce has already transformed the world of warehousing and logistics, and according to Colliers International Group Inc., everything indicates that this process will continue.

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Revolution Taking Place in Parcel Industry

A true stampede for parcel technology and services is going on in the transportation market. And it's not just consumer omnichannel but the B2B markets that are increasingly on-demand to support any business contingency.

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