- 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 ...
- Tuesday 6th February - 4:29 pm
Order management and fulfillment company Gooten debuted a specialized order management platform.
“The OrderMesh platform is designed to support retailers, marketplaces, manufacturers and eCommerce brands as they broaden their product offerings, streamline ...
- Monday 5th February - 9:32 pm
Bit by bit the smokestack economy — and the subsets thereof — come online, go digital, find new ways to connect stakeholders.
And as counterintuitive as it might seem, fleet management, ...
- Monday 5th February - 4:41 pm
Freight industry booking platform Freightos has launched a partnership with Virgin Atlantic Cargo.
The collaboration, announced Monday (Feb. 5), combines Virgin’s “extensive” network with the digital reach of Freightos’ WebCargo offering, “providing more options ...
- Monday 5th February - 1:43 pm
Delivery platform Deliveright has teamed with website building platform Wix to simplify heavy goods shipping for Wix merchants.
The partnership, announced Monday (Feb. 5), lets Wix merchants tap into automation to manage each ...
- Monday 5th February - 1:20 pm
Roadz has beta launched its Unified Fleet Workspace, a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered fleet management solution aimed at helping commercial fleets optimize their operations.
Commercial fleet operators with at least 100 vehicles under ...
- Monday 5th February - 1:14 pm
Returns management platform Loop has introduced new services for merchants and logistics providers.
“A series of new features, integrations, and partnerships will enable logistics partners to share enriched data between Loop and merchant warehouses and ...
- Monday 5th February - 12:35 pm
Cleo has unveiled its latest cloud-based B2B integration platform extension, Cleo Integration Cloud (CIC) for Logistics and Transportation.
This solution aims to improve supply chains by bringing efficiency, optimization and resilience to the industry, the ...
- Monday 5th February - 9:03 am
Logistics provider Uber Freight has developed a new scheduling application programming interface (API).
The new tool marks the first activation of the Scheduling Standards Consortium’s (SSC) Technical Standard for the industry, the company said in ...
- Monday 5th February - 7:00 am
AtoB CEO Vignan Velivela told Karen Webster that slow payments represent a “silent tax” on fleet management in general, and on the truckers behind the wheel, specifically.
Paper checks still dominate ...
- Thursday 1st February - 10:46 am
The pressures confronting UPS may point to wider seismic shifts with eCommerce and the last mile.
As the shipping giant gears up for a restructuring and layoffs, it may be Amazon that benefits, having made ...
- Wednesday 31st January - 3:58 pm
More than 80 years ago, Winston Churchill said war would be waged on multiple fronts: the beaches, the fields, the streets and in the air.
In today’s digital age, the battle ...
- Tuesday 30th January - 12:01 pm
UPS is cutting jobs and considering selling one of its businesses as shipping volumes decline.
The shipping giant will eliminate 12,000 positions — chiefly full-time and part-time management roles and contract workers — ...
- Monday 29th January - 8:51 am
Last year saw a surge in layoffs in the logistics sector as freight volumes declined.
So far, 2024 isn’t shaping up to be much better for the industry, as The Wall Street Journal ...
- Sunday 28th January - 3:54 pm
Supply chain logistics company Flexport is reportedly embarking on another sweeping round of job cuts.
The firm plans to cut almost 20% of its staff — about 500 workers – in a bid to ...
- Friday 26th January - 4:00 am
The transport industry is the heart of commerce and the linchpin of a functional economy.
Moving goods more efficiently, more effectively and at the lowest cost possible isn’t going out of ...
- Thursday 25th January - 3:48 pm
The adoption of external working capital solutions continues to be widespread globally among growth corporates, commonly known as middle-market firms.
This practice has enabled companies to enhance their operational efficiency and ...
- Monday 22nd January - 4:02 am
Omnichannel commerce has transformed how we pay for things and the length of time in which we expect to get what we pay for.
Delivery windows are shrinking. Where once we ...