Zipline’s drone delivery of pharmaceuticals earns $2.75B valuation
The company’s mission is to create the first logistics company that serves all humans equally.
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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.
The Airbus A321 is the new kid on the block when it comes to cargo aircraft. Engineering companies take retired passenger planes and transform them into planes that can carry lots of cargo.
Last-mile delivery management company Onfleet said its software has now helped facilitate more than 100 million deliveries.
ShipBob has secured a $200 million Series E round, valuing the cloud-based logistics platform at over $1 billion.
Electric Last Mile Systems went public through a SPAC merger on Monday, with its stock initially jumping about 10% before sliding as the morning trading session wore on.
Last-mile delivery firm AxleHire has added a sortation center in Chicago, where it will start making deliveries using its expanding transportation network.
Greater package volumes are dictating FedEx’s purchase of 20 more cargo jets.
Sendle is known for offering e-commerce sellers flat-rate shipping options, and now it has an additional $35 million to accelerate expansion of its network.
Chinese ride-hailing company Didi has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, but some analysts are already questioning the long-term value of the stock.
The union’s declaration establishes the `Amazon Project,’ with the long-term goal of creating a division to organize company workers.
Amazon warns that third-party sellers and customers would be harmed if the company were forced to divest its logistics operations.
Afterpay, a buy-now, pay-later provider, has inked deals with 13 major retailers representing nearly half of all e-commerce purchases.