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.
“The rapidly legalizing cannabis market will be one of the first entirely new regulated supply chains to be built after the invention of the internet.”
Chinese warehouse automation firm Hai Robotics is reportedly looking for a $150 million raise at a $1.3 billion valuation.
DoorDash’s midyear report on delivery trends found a $2,900 order for perfumes and comfort food and grooming supplies seeing large order growth through the first six months of 2021.
Kroger Co. continues to bring intelligent automation to its warehouses.
Digital retailers are partnering with SaaS companies that are employing an emergent new service model: secure access service edge
On Sunday, China banned new downloads of Didi’s ride-hailing app, and on Tuesday, the stock dropped more than 23% in response.
OneRail announced its last-mile fulfillment platform is now integrated with and available from SAP’s Commerce Cloud network.
Bringg helped U.K. retailer Co-op scale its e-commerce business from 30 stores to over 800 in a year’s time — and do so in a more environmentally friendly way.
The pandemic is still creating big swings in data, according to the Council of Economic Advisers, which urges caution in making big interpretations.
Warehouse automation company Geek+ announced it has sold 20,000 autonomous mobile robotics solutions around the world.
Experts say disruption to the supply chain caused by the coronavirus crisis has been challenging for manufacturers of all sizes, particularly smaller companies.
The company’s mission is to create the first logistics company that serves all humans equally.
Zebra Technologies will acquire Fetch Robotics for $290 million, adding warehouse automation tools to its portfolio.
Attorneys general are urging the Postal Regulatory Commission to order the agency to abandon its multiyear focus on parcels until mail delivery problems are resolved.
The Black Swan drone is coming and it can carry more than a toothbrush from Walgreens. Dronamics is working to set up droneports all over Europe for fast delivery.
Upfront costs are reduced in the Robots-as-a-Service model.
Covenant believes government incentives are vital in helping the trucking industry meet zero-emission goals.
Headless commerce company Shogun has raised $67.5 million to scale its solution and speed the go-to-market process.
Two Oregon delivery providers have terminated their contract with Amazon, but the e-tailer has countered and said the companies wanted $36 million to continue servicing the contract.
As drone delivery services ramp up, the time is quickly approaching when warehouses will need to adjust their operations to accommodate single-package loading.
