logistics

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet requirements of customers or corporations.

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AtoB Raises $130 Million to Fuel Transportation Payments Services
AtoB Raises $130 Million to Fuel Transportation Payments Services
September 19, 2024  |  Investments

Transportation industry payments solution provider AtoB has raised $130 million in equity and debt funding. The Series C round was led by General Catalyst and Bloomberg Beta with participation from Mastercard and trucking...

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Rappi Expects to Be Ready for IPO in 12 Months
Rappi Expects to Be Ready for IPO in 12 Months
September 16, 2024  |  IPO

Rappi reportedly expects to be in a position to launch an initial public offering (IPO) within the next 12 months. The Colombia-based startup, which offers...

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Starbucks Looks to Its Roots for a Brand Refresh
Starbucks Looks to Its Roots for a Brand Refresh
September 13, 2024  |  Retail

In recent months, Starbucks has grappled with operational and financial challenges, compounding its struggle to maintain market dominance. The company’s difficulties, from a mobile outage...

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Fake Shipments, Fast Cash: Trade Finance Fraud on the Rise
Fake Shipments, Fast Cash: Trade Finance Fraud on the Rise
September 11, 2024  |  Shipping

For as long as there have been banks, bad actors have tried to rob them. And as a report from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB),...

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Uber Integrates Freight and Delivery-as-a-Service Platforms
Uber Integrates Freight and Delivery-as-a-Service Platforms
September 10, 2024  |  Partnerships

Uber Freight announced an integration with Uber Direct, the company’s on-demand Delivery-as-a-Service platform. “The partnership brings together one of North America’s largest logistics networks with...

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Small Businesses Tap FinTech Innovations to Close Big Digital Transformation Gap
Small Businesses Tap FinTech Innovations to Close Big Digital Transformation Gap
September 05, 2024  |  SMBs

While no two small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are alike, many face similar challenges. And those challenges tend to be related to the widening gap in...

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Report: Amazon and Bezos Expeditions to Back Robot-Maker Swiss-Mile
Report: Amazon and Bezos Expeditions to Back Robot-Maker Swiss-Mile
August 28, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Swiss-Mile, which makes robots for logistics and other use cases, has raised $22 million in a seed funding round from investors that include Amazon Industrial Innovation...

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Walmart Aims to Supercharge eCommerce Growth With Marketplace Push
Walmart Aims to Supercharge eCommerce Growth With Marketplace Push
August 28, 2024  |  eCommerce

Walmart’s eCommerce business has increased in the past few years, and now, to take that growth to the next level and better compete with rival...

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Shopify Integrates With Onfleet’s Last-Mile Delivery Management Platform
Shopify Integrates With Onfleet’s Last-Mile Delivery Management Platform
August 26, 2024  |  Partnerships

Online orders from Shopify’s internet infrastructure for commerce can now be integrated with Onfleet’s last-mile delivery management software platform. With this integration, Onfleet delivery tasks...

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