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Amazon CEO steps away after going where no retailer had gone before.

Scott Ruffin’s company is poised to exploit weaknesses in legacy delivery networks to take B2C share.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, an activist investor speaks about what changes Forward Air should make. Plus, FedEx Ground is losing a key executive and why UPS Freight was no longer a strategic fit for UPS.

Maier is succeeded by FedEx Freight head John Smith; Lance Moll will replace Smith at the LTL unit.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, raising fuel taxes could be an option to pay for infrastructure, and a truck driver who faced a life-or-death decision on a bridge is rewarded for his choice.

Retailers with physical footprints have been able to leverage new modes of fulfillment to pass increased costs associated with online delivery to consumers and their suppliers. But for digitally-native brands without access to physical stores, this could be painful should it become the new normal. If you ask FedEx, it already has.

Walmart’s U.S. e-commerce chief, Marc Lore, departs with the company well positioned, but with a mixed bag of results.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, congestion and gate restrictions from rail partners hampered J.B. Hunt’s intermodal growth in Q4. Plus, stopping a ransomware attack is not as simple as it sounds, and business-to-business activity is booming.

The levy will apply to customers tendering 30,000 weekly parcels from Jan. 4 to Jan. 31.

UBS equity research analyst Tom Wadewitz’s 2021 outlook calls for a continuation of healthy freight activity during the first half of the year with a little more uncertainty in the back half.

Parcel-delivery surcharges are to be front and center in conversations next year.

FedEx will mark its 50th year by harnessing IT for pitched battles with Amazon and UPS.

FedEx Corp.had announced acquisition of e-commerce platform ShopRunner earlier this month.

Canada now has two COVID-19 vaccines in circulation. FedEx Express flew in the first shipment from Europe on Thursday.

With vaccines in tow, the transportation industry will deliver a lot of much-needed holiday cheer over the next few weeks.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, cyberattacks on Forward Air and Central Freight Lines are causing supply chain issues. Plus, FedEx and UPS receive kudos for their performance transporting the COVID vaccines.

UPS cuts parcel-induction levies much deeper than FedEx, starting mid-January.

Xwing, not X-Men. When you need to pay the bills, you do what Xwing did: Skip the fancy technology and put a pilot in the plane to ferry COVID vaccines to needy areas.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, project44 has secured $100 million in funding; plus, Amazon was forced to close a warehouse days before Christmas because of rising COVID cases and McKesson has started shipping Moderna’s vaccine.

Coca-Cola slashes jobs in an effort to restructure.