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.
JOKR, a 15-minute delivery platform that launched in New York last month and currently is in 10 cities globally, has raised $170 million in a Series A funding round.
Even as in-store retail sales return, e-commerce continues to grow, showing that 2020’s pandemic-induced spending spree was not a blip, but just a beginning.
The Black Swan drones from Dronamics won’t be carrying little packages to someone’s doorsteps. They’re heavy-lift vehicles and DHL wants to flood Europe’s skies with them.
Uber will partner with national grocer Albertsons and 1,200 of its stores.
Direct-to-consumer cannabis is slowly but surely making its way outside of California.
California’s largest vertically integrated cannabis company now serves 60% of the state’s households.
Cleveron has developed a driving test to certify operators of remotely controlled last-mile delivery vehicles.
UP Partners is looking for transformative technology companies that will underpin a society dominated by unmanned aircraft.
Even though there is no indication Tesla is interested in eVTOLs at this time, Morgan Stanley says the company will eventually offer services related to urban air mobility.
“We will learn how our customers use the product, learn their pain points and inject those solutions into the product as we go, really changing the user experience.”
The United States’ resident delivery colossus could unveil a game-changing last-mile solution.
The head of a key trucking group says the net impact of all the changes is a “chilling effect” on the use of independent contractors.
“We’re investing in our supply chain at an unprecedented scale in order to optimize that process end-to-end.”
Fetch and Körber’s solution provides safety, efficiency and flexibility.
Bed Bath & Beyond has added Roadie as a last-mile delivery partner, expanding its network with an additional 200,000 drivers.
Even if last-mile delivery and gig economy companies can find drivers, getting them onboarded and access to key business tools remains problematic.
Mastercard and Verizon want to turn your smartphone into a cash register.
While most of the focus has been on capacity constraints for ocean containers and truckload freight, e-commerce shippers remain concerned about the impacts on the last mile.
Geodis and Knapp are looking to debut a highly automated fulfilment system by August 2022.
Walmart International bought a 77% stake in the India-based e-commerce shopping portal in 2018.
