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GXO Logistics will open an e-commerce warehouse in Atlanta for MYXfitness, an at-home fitness brand.

An Office of Inspector General report said a shortage of commercial truck drivers may compromise the Postal Service’s surface transport capability.

In its latest logistics bid, Blackstone Group is buying 124 logistics properties in the U.S. and Europe.

Merchants Fleet is looking to expand access to information on fleet electrification, introducing a central hub of tools and research.

Robotic delivery firm Nuro will begin making autonomous deliveries for 7-Eleven in Mountain View, California.

Expanding applications of its molded structural composite trailer bodies, Wabash is looking to the grocery delivery business as a new market.

Drone developer Wingcopter has received an investment from Japan’s Drone Fund as it nears announcement of a series B funding round.

Retail inventories jump ahead of the holiday buying season but the need for restocking will extend well into 2022, which bodes well for freight demand.

Small facilities are seeing big jumps in demand as e-commerce puts urban logistics in the spotlight, a JLL report says.

While automation offers the quickest path to increased efficiency, many companies are held down by slow-to-adapt legacy operations or siloed solutions.

Echo Global Logistics’ Jay Gustafson describes the best formula for managing transportation needs.

As Christmas grows closer, these are the dates you should know while contemplating when to ship your gifts.

Telemedicine is all the rage right now, and Uber is cashing in with a new partnership with telehealth provider Hims & Hers.

Holiday shipping deadlines are nothing new, but for those last-minute needs, it is the on-demand providers that will be trusted to deliver.

Werner Enterprises triples the size of its final-mile offering with the addition of Northeast-based Nehds Logistics.

The union that failed to organize workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse will get a second bite at the apple, it said.

Many e-commerce businesses start small, but as sales grow, the challenges of filling orders in-house can stymie growth.

While efforts to rein in Amazon, Google and other Big Tech companies continue, some believe the effort could result in these companies pulling the plug on small business e-commerce sellers.

Through noon ET, U.S. shoppers have spent 7% more than they did on 2020’s Black Friday.

New forms of e-commerce like influencer marketing, live shopping and conversational commerce are taking over the space, and they might take some getting used to.