Shipt is aiding Target’s expansion of its next-day delivery offering, Shipt said in a Friday (April 10) press release. “Target Last Mile Delivery Direct has allowed Shipt to move the starting line closer to the guest, effectively replacing high-cost long-haul shipping with efficient, local deliveries,”...
Amazon has spent more than a decade automating its logistics network. The company has already deployed more than 1 million robots across its operations, and its recent acquisitions have steadily extended machine capability deeper into the fulfillment stack. What those investments did not solve was...
Amazon has acquired RIVR, a company that uses physical artificial intelligence and wheeled-legged robots to automate doorstep delivery. RIVR CEO and Co-Founder Marko Bjelonic announced the acquisition in a Thursday (March 19) post on LinkedIn, and several media reports said an Amazon spokesperson confirmed the...
One of the underplayed areas of The Prompt Economy is the supply chain. But new developments around procurement and logistics have brought agentic AI to the fore in this area with a promise that bottlenecks in the last mile can be smoothed by this technology....
February 09, 2026
One of the underplayed areas of The Prompt Economy is the supply chain. But new developments around procurement and logistics have brought agentic AI to the fore in this area with a promise that bottlenecks in the last mile can be smoothed by this technology. Case in point: Agentic AI is making progress in planning […]
July 29, 2025
It’s easy to romanticize modern commerce: Tap a screen, and in hours or even minutes, groceries, gadgets and garments appear at your door. But behind that magical moment is a...
February 03, 2025
Serve Robotics CEO Ali Kashani envisions autonomous delivery robots transforming urban logistics by optimizing the pickup and delivery of food and other products to lower the cost of last-mile delivery...
September 19, 2024
In some ways, FedEx is a bellwether of global trade and logistics. After all, global growth, inflation, fuel costs, interest rates, supply chain disruptions and competition are all elements that...
April 13, 2026
Shipt is aiding Target’s expansion of its next-day delivery offering, Shipt said in a Friday (April 10) press release. “Target Last Mile Delivery Direct has allowed Shipt to move the starting line closer to the guest, effectively replacing high-cost long-haul shipping with efficient, local deliveries,” the company said in the release while sharing a link […]
March 19, 2026
Amazon has acquired RIVR, a company that uses physical artificial intelligence and wheeled-legged robots to automate doorstep delivery. RIVR CEO and Co-Founder Marko Bjelonic announced the acquisition in a Thursday...
January 20, 2026
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is now taking bids for access to its last‑mile delivery network. The federal mail carrier service announced Tuesday (Jan. 20) that it had launched an...
December 10, 2025
Uber has launched a collaboration with Shopify aimed at speeding delivery for merchants. The partnership makes Uber Direct available to Shopify Plus merchants in the U.S., Canada, and France, allowing...
