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Weed Woes: Canada Struggles to Meet Huge Demand for Legal Cannabis

Numerous stores are dealing with empty shelves and disgruntled customers — with fears many consumers will turn to black-market alternatives.

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Packages Delivered Via Robot? Now There’s an App for That.

Starship Technologies plans to broaden its delivery service beyond food to include packages, a move that led it to declare itself “the world’s first robot package delivery service.”

1109 Packages Delivered Via Robot

UPS Tells Shippers to Prepare for Freight Strike

United Parcel Service Inc. is telling customers to make alternative shipping plans in case of a strike in its smaller freight division.

Uber's Drone Delivery Dreams Face Harsh Legal and Economic Realities

Uber has been looking to fill an executive position at UberExpress, its drone delivery operation, to help get the company’s drones up and running next year.

Drones to Deliver Vaccines in Vanuatu in World-First Trial

Drones will take delicate drugs to dozens of remote villages in a test that could be replicated around the world.

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A Store Had to Move Thousands of Books. So a Human Chain Was Formed.

The bookstore's old-school — yet innovative — transportation solution: “Care to lend a hand?”

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The Route to Smart Warehousing — and Why IoT Matters

Meeting ever-shifting customer expectations is the only way to succeed in the digital era — and the internet of things is the cornerstone of Warehouse 4.0.

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Global Shipping Freight Rates Slump as Trade Slows

The cost of hiring container ships has plunged 24 percent from a multi-year peak while raw material vessel rates have slumped 10 percent from a five-year high.

These Workers Are Hurt by Trump’s Trade War, But Ineligible for His Bailout

Though farmers can receive part of the $12bn bailout, those who transport their goods are out of luck.

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With Brexit Talks in Gridlock, British Truckers Plan for the Worst

Transport company boss Chris Blackburn is contemplating spending almost a million pounds for a chance to keep his trucks on European roads if Britain leaves the EU without a deal in March.

JD.com Is Turning Its Logistics Network Into a Broader Delivery Service

Chinese online retailer JD.com is staking a claim in China’s intensely competitive package-delivery market by opening its logistics network to parcels shipped by consumers and businesses.

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Walmart, Battling Amazon, Extends Free Two-Day Shipping to Third-Party Items

Walmart is extending free two-day shipping next month to millions of third-party products sold over its website, part of the company's push to capture online shoppers.

1029 Walmart Battling Amazon Extends

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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