Last mile

Home Depot, a Roadie customer, takes financial stake in delivery firm.

Food delivery startup Zomato is mobilising its last-mile workforce to move towards mechanical and electric bikes for delivery – a move that the company believes would drastically reduce its carbon footprint.

TechCrunch reports that SoftBank, a Japanese multinational holding group, has led a $940 million investment in autonomous delivery startup Nuro.

When you consider all the implications of the service, it may be one of the biggest deals happening in the industry that you haven’t heard about.

Sears was also a pioneer in all things omnichannel and what we now call last mile. Why did they fail to innovate this time around?

Most of the move has no impact on ecommerce or last mile, but one small change could bring some new demand.

Consumer expectations with regard to last-mile delivery have been evolving rapidly, and businesses need to look towards technology to address those needs.

A group of 90 Safeway.com drivers became the first grocery delivery drivers in the nation to ratify a union contract this week. The final vote came after almost a year of negotiations and a strike authorization vote.

Ultimately, the winner of the e-commerce battle, whether groceries or the greater retail one, will come down to which company better understands human behavior.

XPO’s Last Mile business in Canada previously had been serviced out of retail stores. Now it has its first facility.

Ultimately, the winner of the e-commerce battle, whether groceries or the greater retail one, will come down to which company better understands human behavior.

XPO Logistics announced this morning that it will be adding augmented reality to its Ship XPO platform, giving end customers the opportunity to visualize how items such as sofas, beds and appliances, will look inside their home.

Given just 3 minutes to make their pitch and an additional 2 minutes to answer judges’ questions, 15 startup companies did their best to show judges at the Movin’ On conference why their solutions will change the market.

The partnership with Ocada gives the supermarket giant a pathway to create its own delivery network as the grocery store wars escalate.

Dispatch Science is a new approach with new technology with constraint-based, problem solving capability with current traditionally based solutions.

Industry experts detail what’s coming and how we need to get on board the “last mile” technology train.

A better last-mile experience. That’s what the e-commerce game has become, and all logistics services across the supply chain are clamoring for opportunities and efficiencies to squeeze the blood out of the turnip.

On top of creating a Godzilla-size footprint across the world, Amazon has also put together a string of strong quarters, 11 to be exact. How significant is their disruption into the carrier space?

The complete loss of Amazon as a customer would not interrupt the ability of FedEx and UPS to continue as prosperous companies even without Amazon.

No surprise, the e-commerce trend has entrenched itself into the lives of consumers — for better or worse — and there’s no turning back now. Another round of retailers this year has filed for bankruptcy.