Shipping

Freight transport is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English, it has been extended to refer to transport by land or air as well.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Old Navy Offers Free Same-Day Holiday Delivery Via Postmates
Old Navy Offers Free Same-Day Holiday Delivery Via Postmates
December 10, 2019  |  Delivery

Apparel and accessories retailer Old Navy, which is owned by parent company Gap, has teamed up with Postmates on same-day delivery during the holidays, according...

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Shipium Lands $2M; Aims To Offer Universal Two-Day Shipping
Shipium Lands $2M; Aims To Offer Universal Two-Day Shipping
December 05, 2019  |  Investments

Shipium, a logistics startup founded by former Amazon and Zulily employees Jason Murray and Mac Brown, has raised $2 million in seed funding in a round led...

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Logistics Startup Flow Snags $37M To Streamline Cross-Border Shipping
Logistics Startup Flow Snags $37M To Streamline Cross-Border Shipping
December 04, 2019  |  Delivery

Flow, a logistics startup that helps companies with cross-border eCommerce solutions, has raised $37 million in a Series B funding round, according to a report....

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Carriers Feel Strain Of Delivering Packages In Short Holiday Season
Carriers Feel Strain Of Delivering Packages In Short Holiday Season
December 02, 2019  |  Delivery

Due to a shorter holiday season, delivery companies like Amazon, UPS and FedEx are facing pressure to get packages to customers in a shorter time...

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Why Carriers’ AR Hurdles Are Key To Solving Shippers’ AP Problems
Why Carriers’ AR Hurdles Are Key To Solving Shippers’ AP Problems
November 22, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Innovation in accounts payable (AP) is now largely being driven not only by challenges in the way businesses make payments, but also by friction in...

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Google’s Turn In The (Expanding) AG Gaze
Google’s Turn In The (Expanding) AG Gaze
November 15, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Bit by bit the dozens of attorneys general looking at Google are expanding how — along with where and why — they are examining the...

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Digital Freight Services Race Toward More Cash And Last Mile Innovation
Digital Freight Services Race Toward More Cash And Last Mile Innovation
November 14, 2019  |  Delivery

As the world of automotive and freight drives toward a future of connected commerce and even autonomous driving, companies are fighting it out to solve...

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Target To Offer Free Same-Day Delivery Trial
Target To Offer Free Same-Day Delivery Trial
November 14, 2019  |  eCommerce

The Target app is integrating with Shipt for same-day delivery, sometimes within one hour, Target said in a press release on Thursday (Nov. 14). Same-day...

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Antitrust Complaint Says Amazon Forces Merchants To Use Its Logistics Services
Antitrust Complaint Says Amazon Forces Merchants To Use Its Logistics Services
November 08, 2019  |  eCommerce

An online merchant has written a letter to Congress saying that the company was forced to use Amazon’s logistics services, as it otherwise would have...

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