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.
Amazon is scaling up same-day delivery for fresh groceries, giving it the ability to capture more of the online grocery market.
The FedEx Dataworks unit provides deep insight into parcel shipping operations. The best value play is to sell it.
UPS is closing a shift in Texas and a facility in North Carolina as part of network reconfiguration, which will cost dozens of workers their jobs.
Amazon’s second quarter earnings beat Wall Street expectations, but the company provided mixed guidance for the third-quarter.
The Teamsters union says the UPS offer to buy out delivery drivers from their contract is a slap in the face.
Many businesses are diverting parcel shipments to cheaper carriers as FedEx and UPS hike rates and surcharges, according to the latest TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index.
Cold and frozen eCommerce brands get the reliability needed to better serve customers.
Australia Post is responding to e-commerce growth by building dedicated parcel post offices and rolling out an ultra-low cost shipping option aimed at small retailers.
International mail systems grew revenue in 2024 as e-commerce shipments negated a downward trend in letter mail.
FedEx is cutting hundreds of jobs in North Carolina, Iowa, Nebraska and Texas.
Poland-based InPost continues to implement its pan-European expansion strategy with the acquisition of Spanish parcel operator Sending.
Regional courier service Deliver It has gone out of business.
A bevy of new final-mile delivery companies is eating into the market share of FedEx, UPS and the U.S. Postal Service. The competition is keeping a lid on rates to the benefit of e-commerce shippers.
DHL Parcel in Germany is looking to expand use of parcel vending machines.
UPS will offer an early retirement package to drivers as it looks to cull 20,000 workers amid slower parcel growth.
FedEx will soon provide a single pricing structure for parcel pickups to coincide with restructuring of Express and Ground networks into a single network.
Amazon is celebrating the deployment of its one-millionth robot as the company continues to advance its automation efforts.
DHL Group has replaced the heads of Global Forwarding, eCommerce and Supply Chain at various levels within the Americas region.
DHL Express Canada will resume parcel deliveries on Monday after settling a labor dispute that resulted in a three-week strike.
Geodis, the global logistics and supply chain specialist, has modules to streamline retail returns.
