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US Foods Counts AI Gains in Seller Hours and Cases per Mile

October 28, 2026
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UPS Credits Healthcare Customers For 6.7% Revenue Increase
Earnings // October 27, 2026

UPS is crediting its healthcare and small business customers with an uptick in revenue as it prepares for a surge in holiday eCommerce demand. The delivery giant reported quarterly earnings Tuesday (Oct. 27) showing a 6.7% in overall revenue, driven by an 18.2% increase in...

Stord Acquires AMS Fulfillment to Expand AI-Driven Logistics Network
Acquiring // October 22, 2026

Stord has acquired third-party logistics provider AMS Fulfillment, adding more than 1 million square feet of warehouse space and expanding its capacity to handle orders for consumer brands as it invests in artificial intelligence and robotics. The Atlanta-based commerce technology company announced the acquisition Wednesday...

UPS Trims Seasonal Hiring After Planned Package Volume Reduction
Shipping // October 07, 2026

UPS is hiring 100,000 seasonal employees in hundreds of locations across the United States to meet the demand of the upcoming holiday shipping season, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 7) press release. These seasonal employees will join UPS’s global workforce that numbers around...

ShipStation Delivers Walmart Shipping Discounts to Marketplace Sellers
Shipping // October 06, 2026

Walmart Marketplace sellers can now directly access Walmart-negotiated shipping rates within ShipStation’s intelligent shipping and logistics platform, ShipStation said in a Tuesday (Oct. 6) press release. This capability is enabled by ShipStation’s new Ship with Walmart solution, which allows Walmart Marketplace sellers to purchase eligible labels, access seller protections and manage Walmart Marketplace orders directly within...

Interviews & Exclusives
AI Agents Take the Controls in Supply Chains

September 21, 2026
Global supply chains have always been the operating system of the modern economy. They determine how food reaches supermarkets, how medicines arrive at hospitals, how factories receive components. They are also the place where economic fragility is most visible, as five years of shocks from pandemic to Red Sea disruptions to geopolitical fragmentation have made […]

Emerging Middle Market Growth Needs Credit That Moves With Inventory

August 19, 2026
A distributor can know what inventory it needs to order next week before its financing system knows that the purchase exists. That disconnect becomes more consequential as goods and logistics...

Freight Brokers Want AI That Shows Up Already Working

August 12, 2026
Freight brokers have spent years investing in automation, transportation management systems and, more recently, artificial intelligence. Yet many still depend on people making phone calls, chasing drivers, updating shipment records...

AI Can Pick the Shoes but Amazon Still Moves the Box

June 11, 2026
Ecosystems now scale more efficiently than stores, and that new reality is transforming retail. Amazon announced Wednesday (June 10) that it is expanding its Supply Chain Services platform with a...

Quick Reads
UPS Credits Healthcare Customers For 6.7% Revenue Increase

October 27, 2026
UPS is crediting its healthcare and small business customers with an uptick in revenue as it prepares for a surge in holiday eCommerce demand. The delivery giant reported quarterly earnings Tuesday (Oct. 27) showing a 6.7% in overall revenue, driven by an 18.2% increase in supply chain revenue from growth in forwarding and logistics, including […]

Stord Acquires AMS Fulfillment to Expand AI-Driven Logistics Network

October 22, 2026
Stord has acquired third-party logistics provider AMS Fulfillment, adding more than 1 million square feet of warehouse space and expanding its capacity to handle orders for consumer brands as it...

UPS Trims Seasonal Hiring After Planned Package Volume Reduction

October 07, 2026
UPS is hiring 100,000 seasonal employees in hundreds of locations across the United States to meet the demand of the upcoming holiday shipping season, the company said in a Wednesday...

ShipStation Delivers Walmart Shipping Discounts to Marketplace Sellers

October 06, 2026
Walmart Marketplace sellers can now directly access Walmart-negotiated shipping rates within ShipStation’s intelligent shipping and logistics platform, ShipStation said in a Tuesday (Oct. 6) press release. This capability is enabled by ShipStation’s new Ship with Walmart solution, which allows Walmart Marketplace...