The rise of eCommerce is an inexorable fact. Readers of this space know that. Think trillions of dollars in sales, where the reach is global, and where customers can order what they want, when they want it — and delivery had best be speedy when...
Uber Freight is finally launching its autonomous truck deliveries, with the first hauls driven in tandem with both human drivers and self-driving trucks being completed in Arizona. According to TechCrunch, Uber loads the freight on a human-driven truck, which collects the load from the shipper...
The “Amazon Effect” changes everything — from the way we look for goods to the window of time in which we expect to receive them. If the consumer’s view has shifted when it comes to shopping, shipping must change too. Slowly, perhaps, but surely, then,...
Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk is expanding its transport and logistics business as a way to compete directly with shipping giants UPS and FedEx. According to Reuters, Maersk sold its oil and gas business last year to France’s Total so that it can focus on taking its...
Careem, the ride-hailing company based in the Middle East and an Uber rival, announced Sunday (Feb. 18) that it acquired RoundMenu, the restaurant listing and reservation platform. According to a report in Reuters, with the acquisition, Careem will begin testing food delivery services via RoundMenu...
Creating competition for United Parcel Service Inc. and Fed Ex Corp., Amazon will launch its own delivery service. Through “Shipping With Amazon,” the eCommerce retailer will reportedly pick up packages from businesses and deliver them to their customers, the Wall Street Journal reported. While Amazon...
Deliv, the crowdsourced same-day delivery service company, launched same-day delivery of prescription drugs on Thursday (Feb. 8). According to a report in TechCrunch, the new service, called Deliv Rx, will be the same-day delivery service for some Walgreens stores as well as Kay Pharmacy, Phil,...
Nuro, the robot delivery startup created by two former self-driving car engineers for Google, Dave Ferguson and Jiajun “JZ” Zhu, have raised $92 million in funding. According to a report in Forbes, the Series A round of fundraising was led by Banyan Capital, the Chinese...
After Ali Ahmed founded Dispatch, a service that allowed consumers to have goods delivered from retail stores through a text message, he noticed that customers would not buy fresh fruits and vegetables. “They just don’t trust somebody else picking them,” Ahmed told PYMNTS. “People need...
