Corrie White

Corrie is fascinated how the supply chain is simultaneously ubiquitous and invisible. She covers freight technology, cross-border freight and the effects of consumer behavior on the freight industry. Alongside writing about transportation, her poetry has been published widely in literary magazines. She holds degrees in English and Creative Writing from UNC Chapel Hill and UNC Greensboro.
Oct - 2019 -
30 October
Corrie White

Donaldson partners with Geotab for “the best filtration monitoring in the market”

Donaldson hopes to release this solution in 2020 for commercial trucks, which will increase visibility for fleet managers and ultimately save money.

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29 October
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UPS to hire 50,000 seasonal employees at one-day nationwide event

UPS hopes to hire 50,000 seasonal workers at 185 hiring fairs across the country.

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25 October
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Fast data, tech and media light up FreightWaves Live Chicago

FreightTech 25 winners will be interviewed live, and attendees will get to hear commentary on the state of the industry and the recession, as well as the outlook for 2020.

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24 October
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Smaller fleets resist dash cams despite their exoneration of drivers

Among the resistant 30%, reasons to avoid dash cams range from protecting driver privacy to the fear of driver turnover.

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17 October
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DoorDash’s new delivery kitchen capitalizes on the “Netflix economy”

Instead of providing square footage for dine-in customers, five restaurant operations will use the kitchen solely to prepare the food for delivery through DoorDash’s app.

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15 October
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How Amazon can deliver $1 items overnight for free

This shift in Amazon’s logistics should make brick and mortar competitors like Walgreens, CVS, Walmart and Target nervous.

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14 October
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Uber expands its reach into grocery delivery and Latin America

The amount paid by Uber for majority ownership of Cornership has not been disclosed.

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10 October
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Shared moped startup raises $27.6 million and dodges gig-workers

Since 2018, Revel has expanded its fleets into Brooklyn, Queens and Washington, D.C. and plans to reach 10 cities by 2020.

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09 October
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UPS widens net in new partnership to reach small to midsize retailers

Shippo’s 35,000 businesses can now easily create an account with UPS and those customers can receive its discounted daily shipping rates of up to 55%.

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07 October
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Michaels craft stores now function as UPS drop off and pick up locations

This means that customers can ship or drop off packages while they shop for yarn or Halloween decor.

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04 October
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Bird raises $215 million in Series D led by CDPQ and Sequoia Capital

Bird CEO Travis VanderZanden said that for the past year, positive unit economics has been Bird’s top priority for a sustainable long-term business. This is an ideology that departs from that of many startups and emerging companies whose focus seems to be on top line growth and revenue building.

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Uber Works’ launch reveals swerve away from transportation

Enter Uber Works – an app that connects shift-workers with shift jobs. The app officially launched in Chicago on October 2.

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03 October
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Tesla acquires Deepscale, accelerates towards road-ready robotaxis

Deepscale’s focus on computer vision to give cars “sight” is different from light detection and ranging (LIDAR).

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02 October
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Food-delivery apps add more supermarkets to their routes

Postmates just announced a partnership with Walgreens and Duane Read stores – all 174 of them – in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

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01 October
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Uber’s app overhaul distracts from its slow revenue growth

Like Lyft, Uber is also decentralizing car-sharing in an effort to defy categories and shift user perception.

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Sep - 2019 -
26 September
Corrie White

Lyft’s app update de-emphasizes ridesharing

Lyft wants to be a one-stop-shop for all urban transit options, which might turn Google Maps into more of a competitor than Uber.

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25 September
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BlaBlaCar’s acquisition of Busfor would unify ride-sharing in Eastern Europe

BlaBlaCar sees this acquisition as a unifying opportunity for Eastern Europe’s fragmented market under a single platform to meet a greater diversity of rider needs.

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23 September
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Lime reaches 100 million rides, pulls car-sharing from Seattle

Lime’s shift away from car-sharing allows the company to transition into Seattle’s first electric-scooter-share pilot.

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20 September
Corrie White

Postmates raises $225 million, nears initial public offering

When a company raises a significant amount of capital this close to its public offering, it could reflect cash insecurity or the basic desire to raise its valuation.

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