Last mile delivery

Venture capital arm of Mexican building materials company makes an undisclosed investment in Ottawa-based firm that focuses on last-minute deliveries in the construction industry.

“Aggressive” management style has led to driver abuse, senators claim.

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) has joined forces with Foodora, an international food delivery app, to pilot on-demand alcohol delivery in under an hour.

Labor unions claim the effect on jobs is not being properly considered.

Last-mile movement is one of the least energy-efficient operations within supply chains, and efforts need to be taken to consciously reduce energy expended in that stretch.

Australia Post, a government-owned post and freight service, has reported revenues of just under A$7 billion but has experienced a massive fall in profits.

Rapidly changing consumption patterns and increasing traffic bottlenecks in urban environs necessitate the evolution of transportation and its underlying business models to create a sustainable logistics future.

With the recent complaints about workers’ rights, it makes sense that Doordash, like every other on-demand mobility company, is thinking about efficiency and the cost of human labor.

A new partnership between Xcel Energy and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allows drones to inspect power lines out of human sight in eight states – Colorado, Michigan, MInnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.

U.K.-based Deliveroo is exiting Germany, citing difficulties in maintaining the level of customer service that it offers across its other markets.

Last-mile delivery is critically important to both consumers and the companies that sell to them. Read about six challenges and changes in last-mile delivery.

Shipping and packages remained lone financial bright spot in latest quarter.

Schneider is closing its First to Final Mile delivery operation due to poor performance.

Ryder Systems Inc. posted strong second-quarter revenue but reduced its second-half earnings guidance on weakness in used truck sales and rentals.

It can be a rough business doing freight and logistics in Australia. And now, in the Australian capital city of Canberra, it looks like the last-mile drone delivery business has gotten a fair bit more… dangerous!

As one of the fastest growing economies in the world, India has its fair share of trouble reducing its overall spend in logistics. Looking at improving infrastructure and creating multimodal hubs can help.

U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority served an initial enforcement order to both Amazon and Deliveroo over concerns about the transaction that took place during the latter’s fundraising in May this year.

The growth of ecommerce is putting excessive pressure on transport networks, and cities need to look at better utilizing and charging for curbside parking and time spent delivering goods.

Award winner is taking on new driver partnerships as it expands into last-mile delivery.

Workhorse Group secured $25M in funding to help finalize development of its NGEN electric delivery vehicle.