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Autonomous Vehicles

Grace Sharkey Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Waabi CEO sees success in simulation, wants AV industry to disclose safety data

Waabi CEO Raquel Urtasun says autonomous truck developers should show their safety data rather than make opaque claims about their safety.

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Last Mile Delivery

Parcel Freight

Eric Kulisch Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Amazon taps FedEx for big-and-bulky residential deliveries

Amazon will outsource delivery of large packages to FedEx in a deal that should prove more profitable on a per-shipment level than shipments under the companies’ partnership that ended six years ago.

Parcel Freight

Eric Kulisch Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Trump supports FedEx official for Postal Service chief, report says

The U.S. Postal Service board of governors is set to vote soon on a FedEx official to lead the agency, according to a newspaper report.

News

Eric Kulisch Monday, May 5, 2025

Analyst: Amazon’s $4B rural delivery investment aimed at slowing Walmart

Amazon is investing heavily in rural last-mile delivery as a hedge against Walmart, a prominent analyst says.

Parcel Shipping

Eric Kulisch Tuesday, April 29, 2025

UPS to eliminate 20K jobs as Amazon decoupling accelerates

UPS is downsizing its workforce as it pulls back from delivering packages for Amazon, its largest customer.

Last-Mile Delivery

Eric Kulisch Thursday, April 17, 2025

UPS white paper casts shade on e-commerce gig delivery providers

A UPS white paper promotes the benefits of traditional express carriers over gig logistics providers, but the TD Cowen/AFS Logistics Freight Index shows why businesses might like the lower prices from newer last-mile providers.

Parcel Shipping

Eric Kulisch Thursday, April 10, 2025

FedEx, UPS lose parcel market share to big retailers, smaller couriers

U.S. parcel volumes hit a record in 2024, but new competitors like Amazon, Walmart and OnTrac are eroding the market share of FedEx and UPS, a new report says.

eCommerce

E-commerce & Fulfillment

Eric Kulisch Monday, May 19, 2025

Stord acquires UPS specialty warehouse business for e-commerce logistics

E-commerce logistics startup Stord has acquired Ware2Go from UPS.

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A U.S. Customs officer inspects mail shipments at JFK airport.
Light blue Evri delivery vans and heavy trucks at an Evri warehouse dock.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Parcel Freight

DHL eCommerce to merge with UK courier Evri

Close up of an IDS Fulfillment warehouse.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

E-commerce & Fulfillment

DHL acquires US e-commerce logistics business IDS Fulfillment

Light-blue Prime Air cargo jet with dark-blue tail and Amazon logo on a taxiway.

Fulfillment

Technology

Grace Sharkey Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Stord acquires ProPack Logistics, expands North American footprint

Stord’s purchase of ProPack Logistics grows the company’s fulfillment centers to 1.6 million square feet.

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Chinese trade flow into Mexico is helping to build up the latter’s manufacturing capabilities, which is a long-term positive for the U.S.
Tuesday, March 26, 2024

American Shipper

How China skirts tariffs into the US

supply chain shortages
Thursday, December 14, 2023

Global Supply Chain

We’re still at risk for another ‘everything shortage’

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Logistics/Supply Chains

Scaling strategically with shared warehousing and fulfillment

Monday, October 16, 2023

Logistics/Supply Chains

Increasing velocity to market with micro-fulfillment

Drones

Gig Workers