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GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Package Wars: Postal Service Offers Next-Day Sunday Delivery

As consumers demand ever-quicker and convenient package delivery, the U.S. Postal Service wants to boost its business this holiday season by offering what few e-commerce retailers can provide: cheap next-day service with packages delivered Sundays to your home.

November 2, 2017
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogisticsAutonomous

Amazon’s Dream of Drone Deliveries Gets Closer With Trump’s Executive Order

Drone deliveries got a step closer to reality as the White House issued an order giving local governments more authority to conduct tests of the burgeoning new technology.

October 25, 2017
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Amazon Will Deliver Packages Straight Into Your Living Room

Amazon.com Inc. is going to start delivering packages not just to doorsteps, but inside homes as well.

October 25, 2017
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Amazon Launches ‘Business Prime’ to Bring Quick Delivery to Work

Amazon.com Inc. launched a Prime membership service for businesses, looking to replicate in the workplace the quick delivery of online orders that made it a go-to shopping destination for households.

October 24, 2017
BusinessEquipmentLogistics

Analysis: To Understand Amazon’s Delivery Ambitions, Consider the Long Game

In the future—and you have to look far ahead when considering the movements of CEO Jeff Bezos—Amazon could expand the services to any merchant selling anything to anyone. This would push it deeper into the territory of UPS and FedEx.

October 6, 2017
BusinessLogisticsTCA

E-Commerce Drives Global Package Shipping Volume to Rise 48% in Two Years

Global package shipping volume increased by 48% during the past two years, powered by growth in e-commerce, according to a report released last week by technology company Pitney Bowes.

September 8, 2017
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsAutonomousTCA

Robots Intended to Reduce Cost of ‘Last-Mile’ Deliveries

Robby Technologies is one of three companies that have reached out to the city of Mountain View, Calif., for permission to test robots there.

September 5, 2017
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Delivery Without Drivers: Domino’s, Ford Team Up for Test

No ring of the doorbell, just a text. No tip for the driver? No problem in this test, where Domino’s and Ford are teaming up to see if customers will warm to the idea of pizza delivered by driverless cars.

August 29, 2017
BusinessTCA

Concrete Truck Driver Strike That Slowed Seattle Construction Ends With Labor Deal

The strike by Seattle concrete delivery truck drivers that slowed construction projects across King County, Washington, is coming to an end following a labor agreement reached Aug. 18.

August 21, 2017
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsTCA

Amazon Eyes the Finish Line in Online Delivery With ϳԹ Hub Lockers

Amazon.com doesn’t just want to control the “last mile” of online delivery. The company wants to own the finish line, too.

August 10, 2017