Target bets on same-day delivery with new sortation hubs in Chicago, Denver
Three new sortation centers in Chicago and Denver bring Target’s facility count up to nine.
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Three new sortation centers in Chicago and Denver bring Target’s facility count up to nine.
Storefront delivery platforms exploded during the pandemic, but for many retailers the loss of customer control could be costing them revenue.
Unit responds to contractors’ cost concerns by partially ditching the controversial program.
With billions of square feet of warehouse space to automate, leading robotics providers are gearing up for the opportunity.
FedEx Ground said it will drop Sunday residential deliveries the week of Aug. 15 in unidentified low-population markets.
The Uber Eats update lets customers order groceries even when stores are closed and provides real-time order tracking.
Automation is changing the American workforce, and companies need to start investing in the workers of tomorrow by offering the training necessary to compete, Walsh says.
Amazon on Thursday announced the long-awaited debut of electric delivery vans from Rivian in more than a dozen U.S. cities.
The Postal Service says it also will procure 34,000 off-the-shelf vehicles to augment its initial 50,000-unit order of electric vehicles.
Quiet Platforms and American Eagle are building a shared logistics and fulfillment network, with Atlanta as the latest addition.
Emissions-reducing technologies that can help make supply chains greener are available for vehicles of all sizes.
The Department of Labor and federal prosecutors in New York are investigating safety concerns at Amazon warehouses.
Even as some consider allowing customers to keep unwanted items, many e-commerce sellers still consider returns a path to customer loyalty.
GXO Logistics Inc. plans to permanently shutter its Milwaukee-area facility and lay off 144 workers by September.
College Station will join Lockeford, California, as one of Amazon’s earliest U.S. drone delivery test markets.
Seattle-based Flexe recently reached a $1 billion valuation with its latest $119 million series D funding round.
Inflation has taken a bite out of furniture sales, but consumers are still buying, according to a delivery expert.
These five reverse logistics companies took the spotlight at The Lead Innovation Summit this week.
Drone delivery provider Zipline adds yet another health care company to its list of delivery partners.
As inflation has taken hold, consumers have shifted buying habits, but data suggests those changes are happening in different ways across the country.