Logistics/Supply Chains

Walmart again led the list of top 100 U.S. retailers compiled by the National Retail Federation.

Tech platform ServiceUp has raised $55 million in Series B funding to streamline the vehicle repair process for fleet operators and insurers.

Once the exception and now the rule, disruptions are a way of life in the global supply chain. But experts told a recent podcast that shippers can still make hay even as they take steps to find their way.

Geodis, the global logistics and supply chain specialist, has modules to streamline retail returns. 

BCC Research recently released the “Cold Chain Regional Analysis Market: Middle East and North Africa(MENA)” market analysis.

Warehouse automation appears to be gaining traction despite a lowered forecast in market growth for autonomous mobile robots.

Milton, Pennsylvania-based logistics company Patton Logistics Group has announced it will purchase Milton Transportation and Warehousing and its sister company, BTR Inc.

San Francisco-based AI operations platform BackOps has raised $6 million to solve what its CEO has called a “$100 billion inefficiency” in manual logistics labor.

Scottsdale, Arizona-based supply chain management company Blue Yonder announced Wednesday that it has acquired full ownership of Inmar Post-Purchase Solutions and will continue to support FedEx Easy Returns.

A possible cyberattack on a major food distributor is beginning to disrupt grocery supply chains.

Supply chain SaaS provider Descartes said a 7% reduction in head count is prudent given uncertainty in the market.

Manhattan Associates is touting a TMS feature it likens to Lego bricks as it gets customers ready for an uncertain era of tariffs.

Financially-battered supply chain software company e2open is being acquired by an Australian company.

Broker Landstar System has delayed its first-quarter report as it further investigates what it says was fraud tied to an independent agent working under its freight forwarding operation.

DHL Express has grown its next-day delivery capabilities by adding a Brazil-to-US lane to its Medical Express service.

Forward Air on Monday updated its first-quarter expectations for a second time.

DSV on Tuesday said it had fulfilled the final closing conditions for its acquisition of German logistics provider Schenker.

It was AI all the way at the Transportation Intermediaries Association conference as companies rolled out new solutions to aid the brokerage community.

DHL said a major new investment will help double revenue for health care logistics by 2030 while FedEx says its technology enhancements are bringing in a surge of new health care customers.

Supply chain visibility topped a relevancy survey of logistics providers by shipping giant Maersk, while AI brought up the bottom of the list.