Last-mile delivery

Shipium and its last-mile delivery orchestration platform have raised $27.5 million to compete with Amazon Prime.

Long considered a technology of the future, drones are steadily carving out a niche in the final mile.

Ignoring logistics leads to negative feedback from customers, harming the ability of e-commerce merchants to grow their businesses.

Rising costs prompt Amazon to impose its first-ever fuel and inflation surcharge on sellers.

Amazon Web Services and German technology company Bosch are launching a logistics marketplace for digital services.

Capital Express and ADL Delivery, two regional last-mile delivery providers, established a new holding company to build a nationwide final-mile network.

Boox is looking to evolve the circular economy with reusable packaging for direct-to-consumer brands.

Wing, the drone delivery subsidiary of Alphabet, launched a commercial drone delivery service that may have implications for the last mile more generally.

Banyan Technology has introduced a new first/final mile software offering for fleets, helping shippers and 3PLs connect with providers.

Customers of retail food e-commerce platform eGrowcery can now fulfill orders using DoorDash couriers through a new integration.

Evolution will be critical for cannabis businesses that want to rise above the competition. A strong logistics plan and packaging partner is a big part of that.

Fewer than one in five businesses have reliable metrics in place to track the carbon footprint of their supply chain, research says.

Alphabet subsidiary Wing will deliver products from Walgreens and other retailers to customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.

Heavy goods delivery platform Deliveright is opening up access to its technology on a trial basis.

UPS will test the Fernhy eQuad electric cargo bike in congested U.S. and European cities.

Gatik CEO Gautam Narang will detail middle-mile autonomy’s role in the future of the supply chain at FreightWaves’ upcoming The Future of Supply Chain conference.

Electric cargo container delivery service Urb-E is now transporting fresh greens from Square Roots’ sustainable New York City farm to local retail stores.

Direct-to-consumer tech provider ESW is partnering with UPS to offer e-commerce brands quicker access to cross-border shipments.

TForce Logistics is adding a distribution center in the Toronto area, boosting its last-mile delivery capabilities in the region.

GoPuff, the 30-minute food and grocery delivery business that bills itself as an “instant needs” company, plans to cut 3% of its workforce.