Sam’s Club members can now pay for one-hour delivery from a neighborhood store, part of Walmart’s strategy to compete with Amazon for online sales.
The U.S. Postal Service has retained Amazon as a customer, but the new contract represents a 20% reduction in shipping business.
Amazon this month has made several moves that appeal to customer expectations for fast, convenient delivery and put pressure on rivals.
FedEx is launching same-day delivery through a partnership with OneRail, a final-mile platform.
UPS is pulling back from its relationship with Amazon, undergoing a huge restructuring to prioritize healthcare, SMBs, and premium e-commerce customers.
Target is expanding its next-day delivery service to 20 additional cities.
Walmart’s e-commerce business, supported by its store-fulfillment and delivery services, grew 27% in the fourth quarter and has turned profitable.
When it comes to e-commerce delivery, FedEx only wants longer-haul, heavy and high-value parcels because operating as a local courier for small packages isn’t profitable.
Newbie parcel carrier Gofo stoked its big growth ambitions with the acquisition of Cirro E-commerce, an e-commerce logistics platform company, giving it better inroads to retail customers.
FedEx has partnered with three investment companies to buy European parcel carrier InPost and take it private, with both sides leveraging complimentary strengths in last-mile delivery and global distribution.
The U.S. Postal Service saw quarterly adjusted operating income tumble by nearly two-thirds as parcel volume fell by double digits and revenue contracted during the peak shipping season.
The CEO of Tier 2 parcel delivery company OnTrac has resigned to become the head of a pest control company based in England.
In a novel move, the U.S. Postal Service will open access to its last-mile delivery service for companies with the highest bid.
Bouqs has added same-day flower delivery in select markets with the help of Roadie, a UPS company.
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.
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.
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.
