Last-Mile Delivery

Amazon has more than doubled its same-day delivery footprint for fresh groceries since the summer.

Bouqs has added same-day flower delivery in select markets with the help of Roadie, a UPS company.

PostNord in Denmark is dropping letter mail service to focus on parcel shipping.

SpeedX has invested in a huge parcel center in Chicago as the arms race among parcel carriers to build competitive networks escalates.

Amazon is testing an ultra-fast delivery service in Seattle and Philadelphia, but in the United Arab Emirates shoppers the service is so fast shoppers can get orders within 15 minutes.

E-commerce volumes have been trending upwards much of the year in Australia and the postal operator has added weekend delivery for the busy holiday season.

After the U.S. Postal Service deemphasized last-mile delivery service for parcel consolidators, the new chief now says workshare partnerships are a path to revenue growth.

Uber Freight enters the last mile delivery market through an investment in technology platform Better Trucks.

UPS could unite management, its union workforce and the cost-efficient crowd-sourced delivery model by trying a new triple-win strategy centered on the UPS Store.

The Teamsters union plans to file a grievance against UPS over the use of non-union drivers by a UPS e-commerce subsidiary, FreightWaves has learned.

UPS wants to outsource final-mile delivery of its two economy parcel services to the U.S. Post Service, which is better suited to make residential drops because of its lower cost structure.

Last-mile parcel carriers Veho, SpeedX and Gofo continued to build out their capabilities, either through geographic expansion, hiring top executives or partnering with other vendors.

For the second time in the last two years, the transportation of bread will be the focus of a Supreme Court case involving the rights of the drivers who deliver those loaves and other baked goods. The case is also the second transportation-related case the Supreme Court has selected for review this term. It earlier […]

UPS is speeding up deployment of air conditioned vehicles by agreeing to install systems in existing vehicles after the Teamsters union complained of slow progress purchasing new vehicles with A/C.

By Satish Jindel (The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.) In 2019, FedEx dropped Amazon as a customer for B2C parcels because the retailer was becoming a competitor, with its own last-mile delivery solution that mimicked FedEx Ground’s model for […]

Final-mile courier Frontdoor Collective is testing a fleet of Chevy electric vans on delivery routes for Target.

Veho is continuing its rapid growth in the parcel delivery industry by expanding warehouse infrastructure in multiple markets to support rising parcel volumes.

Home goods retailer Ikea has acquired U.S.-based logistics technology company Locus to improve its final-mile delivery network.

A group of New York City retail stores that offer parcel pick up and drop off counters is adding parcel lockers from GoLocker to increase convenience for online sellers and shoppers.

Striking Canada Post workers are angered by the company’s new contract offer because it is worse than the previous one and calls for job reductions as part of a major downsizing plan.