- Thursday 25th April - 8:15 pm
In Walmart’s sprawling distribution centers, a quiet change is underway.
The retail behemoth is preparing to deploy a fleet of 19 autonomous electric forklifts across four of its facilities, marking a significant step forward in integrating ...
- Thursday 25th April - 6:11 pm
Whether it’s a delivery service rushing to fulfill orders, a construction crew on a project or a catering company prepping for a weekend event, all these businesses rely on fleets of ...
- Tuesday 23rd April - 12:11 pm
UPS is looking to returns and big-and-bulky deliveries to expand its addressable market at a time when its shipping volumes have been decreasing.
The company saw a slower rate of decline ...
- Friday 19th April - 4:02 am
Digitization is increasingly revolutionizing the B2B landscape with streamlined procurement processes, and even better payments workflows.
Don’t believe it? Look no further than the U.S. government, the world’s single largest buyer, ...
- Tuesday 16th April - 4:02 am
Where an industry goes tomorrow is a step-function from where it is today.
And this is particularly true within the fleet management ecosystem, where traditional payment methods like fuel cards remain, ...
- Monday 15th April - 3:19 pm
Cigo says it wants to help an increasingly cashless society tip delivery drivers.
To that end, the software company announced Monday (April 15) that it had added a digital tipping feature to Cigo Tracker, ...
- Monday 15th April - 9:30 am
As on-demand delivery firms look for new revenue streams to boost profitability, Gopuff has unveiled a new B2B offering for direct-to-consumer (D2C) delivery.
The quick-commerce company announced Monday (April 15) via emailed press ...
- Monday 15th April - 4:00 am
In the shipping and logistics space, preferences among clients vary widely: some favor national services while others opt for smaller regional solutions that promise rapid delivery.
According to Gregg Zegras, EVP ...
- Thursday 11th April - 10:58 am
One if by land, two if by sea — headaches, that is.
With the recent news that, after 22 years of partnership, UPS is replacing FedEx as the primary air cargo ...
- Wednesday 10th April - 4:00 am
Deutsche Bank Global Head of Embedded Finance Solutions Matthaeus Sielecki told PYMNTS that embedded finance is transforming verticals as far-flung as retail and logistics.
Payments are now being actively merged into ...
- Tuesday 9th April - 7:27 pm
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) holds the promise to fully digitize all manner of verticals, all manner of workflows …
… and in the age of eCommerce, advanced technology in ...
- Tuesday 9th April - 4:55 pm
Commercial payments firm Comdata has launched a contactless feature for its electric vehicle focused Chargepass Mastercard.
As the company noted in a Tuesday (April 9) news release, the solution is designed to streamline payments ...
- Wednesday 3rd April - 10:35 am
FourKites and BuyCo partnered to offer a container shipping management solution that provides Fortune 500 shippers with visibility across inland and ocean shipments.
With the integrated offering created by this collaboration, shippers can manage ...
- Tuesday 2nd April - 1:45 pm
Unified commerce firm Cart.com has acquired Amify to expand its Amazon Marketplace services offering.
Amify, which made a name for itself as the first “Amazon-as-a-service” company, provides merchants with Amazon optimization and advertising solutions.
According to a Tuesday (April ...
- Monday 1st April - 5:40 pm
While government crews continue to work on opening up a temporary, alternate shipping route around the site of last week’s catastrophic bridge collapse, how the incident will impact the global supply chain ...
- Saturday 30th March - 4:00 am
Innovations in embedded finance have captured the attention of decision makers in the logistics and wholesale trade space.
As a result, payment facilitators (PayFacs), independent software vendors (ISVs) and marketplaces ...
- Friday 29th March - 12:19 pm
Blue Yonder plans to acquire One Network Enterprises for $839 million to create a unified end-to-end supply chain platform and collaboration ecosystem.
The planned acquisition will add One Network’s solutions for supply chain managers to Blue ...
- Wednesday 27th March - 5:29 pm
In business, as in life, uncertainty can result in unexpected disruptions that have an outsized ripple effects. That’s why agility in business operations, paired with a focus on strategic planning, ...
- Tuesday 26th March - 7:22 pm
Historically, freight forwarding has been a complex and labor-intensive process, characterized by manual paperwork, fragmented communication channels and numerous intermediaries.
However, the emergence of digital platforms and innovative technologies is revolutionizing ...
- Tuesday 26th March - 1:09 pm
Amazon Pharmacy expanded its same-day delivery of prescription medication to New York City and the greater Los Angeles area.
These cities join five others in which this service is already available: Austin, ...
- Monday 25th March - 4:46 pm
Iron Sheepdog has raised $10 million to expand its broker/contractor-focused trucking technology solution.
“At its core, Iron Sheepdog is a tool that helps the broker as a small business owner,” Mike Van Sickel, CEO of ...
- Thursday 21st March - 7:31 pm
What’s better than a delivery fleet spanning hundreds of aircraft, tens of thousands of vehicles and hundreds of service centers?
It depends on who you ask, but FedEx — which boasts ...
- Thursday 21st March - 6:11 pm
Fuel and fleet spending management firm Coast has raised $92 million in new capital.
The funding round includes $25 million in equity capital from investors such as BoxGroup, Avid Ventures, Accel, Insight Partners, ...
- Thursday 21st March - 2:49 pm
Pandion has raised $41.5 million in a Series B funding round to expand its residential parcel delivery network designed for eCommerce.
The company will use the new funding to build new ...
- Thursday 21st March - 12:10 pm
With Wednesday’s (March 20) announcement about Visa’s expanded partnership with LemFi, the focus is on cross-border payments. The cross-border payments landscape itself is a dynamic and fragmented one, full of unique local frictions that ...
- Tuesday 19th March - 4:34 pm
Professional services firm Accenture has acquired supply chain logistics specialist Flo.
The deal, announced Tuesday (March 19), will move Flo’s 280 employees to the Accenture Oracle Business Group, strengthening its ability to help clients ...
- Monday 18th March - 7:10 pm
For years, the working relationship between Amazon and FedEx has been a little unpredictable. Once, the two corporate behemoths enjoyed a symbiotic partnership, but in 2019, they drifted apart, eventually ...
- Monday 18th March - 12:45 pm
FedEx and Amazon reportedly engaged in discussions last year about a potential partnership to handle the increasing volume of eCommerce returns.
Although no deal was reached, the talks underscore the shifting dynamics in the ...
- Friday 15th March - 4:11 pm
Latin American eCommerce and payments firm Mercado Libre is reportedly set to invest a record $2.5 billion in Mexico this year, up from the $1.6 billion spent in 2023.
The investment ...
- Thursday 14th March - 9:12 am
Walmart hopes to sell its AI-powered truck routing software to other companies.
Walmart has been using its Route Optimization tool — which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to plot more efficient routes for its delivery ...
- Wednesday 13th March - 4:00 pm
Transportation management system provider BeyondTrucks has launched a partnership with cloud platform Samsara.
The collaboration, announced Wednesday (March 13), lets clients of the two firms equip dispatchers, drivers and fleet managers with access to asset ...
- Tuesday 12th March - 4:00 am
All companies in growth mode need access to capital, whether to fund short-term operational needs, mitigate unexpected expenses or execute plans for growth. One key demographic of these firms are ...
- Wednesday 6th March - 9:37 pm
Business payments company FLEETCOR Technologies has closed a majority investment in Brazilian vehicle payments company Zapay.
This investment further scales FLEETCOR’s Vehicle Payments business in Brazil, providing access to Zapay’s 2 million monthly users ...
- Friday 1st March - 4:00 am
This week, Amazon increased its investments in artificial intelligence, as the eCommerce giant and rival Walmart adopt new technologies to remain competitive.
Amazon’s $1 billion Industrial Innovation Fund is ramping up investments in companies that combine AI and robotics ...
- Thursday 29th February - 3:17 pm
PayCargo and Rippey AI have partnered to connect artificial intelligence (AI) with both payable and receivable invoices in the logistics industry.
By doing so, they aim to connect invoice automation and transaction processing to ...
- Wednesday 28th February - 11:42 am
Amazon’s $1 billion Industrial Innovation Fund is ramping up investments in companies that combine artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics.
The company will focus on this area during the current year in ...
- Monday 26th February - 6:03 pm
Can even the most traditional industries adapt to digital transformations?
For the international freight industry, the answer appears to be yes. Shippers and carriers have gotten a taste of digitization, and ...
- Monday 26th February - 12:59 pm
A new trial in Australia is set to test roads that wirelessly charge electric trucks as they drive, potentially revolutionizing the trucking industry.
The $8.2 million Australian dollar (about $5.4 million) ...
- Thursday 22nd February - 6:56 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has signed a long-term intermodal agreement with Walmart.
This strategic partnership will see the supply chain solution provider’s subsidiary, J.B. Hunt Transport, acquiring Walmart’s intermodal assets, further solidifying the ...
- Thursday 22nd February - 4:36 pm
In a market as highly fragmented as the global jewelry industry, sourcing precious stones can be an extremely difficult undertaking for retail buyers.
Jewelers typically need to contact various sellers, often ...
- Thursday 22nd February - 1:11 pm
Flexport has launched a technology platform that provides global shippers with access to a trucking capacity marketplace of small carriers and owner-operators.
The new Convoy Platform is designed to offer shippers ...
- Tuesday 20th February - 7:03 pm
Comdata has added a “pay-as-you-go” funding feature to its Connect Card for truck fleets.
This feature allows users to pay with their credit or debit card or bank account, while still receiving fuel ...
- Tuesday 20th February - 1:01 pm
Software company Wix announced a partnership with Global-e Online, which enables direct-to-consumer cross-border eCommerce, to offer Wix sellers a cross-border selling solution.
The partnership builds on Wix’s eCommerce capabilities, allowing merchants ...
- Monday 19th February - 4:00 am
The engine of modern life whirrs mostly in the background, powering conveniences unimaginable decades ago.
But that doesn’t mean the engine runs uninterrupted. Last-mile delivery has long been a persistent problem ...
- Wednesday 14th February - 10:57 am
Uber and Lyft’s most recent earnings reports spotlight a widening divergence in approach in business models.
At first glance, there’s a core focus for both firms:
That would be matching the supply ...