Modern Shipper covers the gig economy, including same-day, on-demand, and last-mile delivery jobs and services. Readers will find current news on gig economy companies, gig economy workers, gig economy data and trends. In addition, Modern Shipper focuses on e-commerce, e-commerce platforms and companies, and e-commerce services and technologies.
Factored Quality has announced a $5.6 million seed round of funding. The platform connects e-commerce and consumer brands to quality control inspectors around the world.
Third-party logistics provider Flexport’s latest innovation: renting modified passenger aircraft for dedicated cargo service from a novice cargo carrier.
Cleo has introduced a new tool to help retailers manage potential violations of service level agreements before they occur.
Record holiday volume and rising costs are combining to create one heck of a cocktail for retail brands.
Six weeks after its last funding round, last-mile delivery platform Veho has raised another $170 million in a series B funding round, bringing total funding to over $300 million.
A new survey of online shoppers found that 72% have ordered groceries online in the past 90 days.
Security firm Sansec is urging e-commerce users of Adobe platforms to download an emergency patch following reports of hackers gaining access to customer payment information.
Warehouse workers and supervisors worry about automation’s potential to replace jobs, but they show optimism when it comes to boosting productivity.
Consumers are demanding more, and retailers that employ a multinode strategy across their supply chain are better equipped to meet those needs.
Data capture firm Scandit has raised $150 million in a series D investment round as it looks to expand the customer base for its retail technologies.
Last-mile logistics cloud provider Bringg is adding Zenkraft, the No. 1 company handling parcel deliveries and returns for Salesforce, to its arsenal.
Descartes has acquired NetCHB, a customs filing technology provider that specializes in e-commerce border trade.
Amazon Air is expanding further in the Great Plains.
BigCommerce is enhancing its B2B e-commerce solutions through the acquisition of price-quoting technology provider B2B Ninja.
The LTL segment remains a work in progress, but analysts are confident that Jacobs & Co. can turn it around.
Natilus is developing robot cargo jets in four sizes and has orders from five customers.
In its earnings report for Q4 2021 and FY2021, Uber revealed that its delivery segment once again brought in more revenue than its core mobility business.
Near-space vehicle producer Destinus just secured $29 million to build out its autonomous, hydrogen-powered hypersonic cargo plane.
A.P. Moller – Maersk announced the $1.8 billion acquisition of U.S. forwarder Pilot Freight Services. The deal is the company’s latest move in building out a land-based logistics network.
Imaginnovate will spin off Fleet Enable, its last-mile technology business, as it looks to grow market share in the final mile.
