Walmart has unveiled the Alphabot, an automated, 20,000-square-foot warehouse that could make its grocery pickup service faster and more efficient.
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Ruling That Awarded Walmart Drivers $54 Million Stands, Appeals Court Says
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s judgment that Walmart pay a court-certified class of its California truck drivers more than $54 million in back pay for layovers, rest breaks and pre-trip and post-trip inspections.
January 7, 2020FedEx Begins Construction on Distribution Facility in Florida
Construction has begun on a 42,000-square-foot FedEx distribution center near the airport in Gainesville, Fla.
January 7, 2020Borden Becomes Second Big US Milk Producer to File for Bankruptcy
Borden Dairy Co. filed for bankruptcy, becoming the second major U.S. milk seller to do so in two months as competitive pressures, declining consumption and falling profits made its debt load unsustainable.
January 6, 2020J.B. Hunt Acquires RDI Last Mile
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. acquired the assets of RDI Last Mile Co. on Dec. 31, marking the company’s latest purchase of a final-mile service.
January 2, 2020NFI Acquires G&P Trucking Co.
Supply chain services provider NFI announced it completed the acquisition of G&P Trucking Co. Inc., a logistics provider specializing in asset-based transportation, port drayage and non-asset brokerage solutions in the Southeast.
December 30, 2019Amazon Is Its Own Biggest Mailman, Shipping 3.5 Billion Parcels
As Amazon.com works to speed orders to customer doorsteps before Christmas, the e-commerce giant is touting an accomplishment that would have seemed absurd just a few years ago: Amazon is now its own biggest carrier.
December 19, 2019FedEx’s Q2 Earnings Tumble, Even More Than Wall Street Expected
FedEx Corp. reported lower-than-expected second-quarter fiscal year 2020 earnings Dec. 17, missing Wall Street analysts’ expectations.
December 17, 2019Bankruptcy Judge OKs Plan to Keep Celadon’s Taylor Express Operating
Celadon Group has been authorized by a bankruptcy court to spend $1.2 million before Jan. 3, 2020, to maintain operations for Hope Mills, N.C.-based Taylor Express Inc. — the last of its operating units that is still in business — while it pursues a sale of the company.
December 16, 2019Amazon Cuts Off FedEx Ground for Prime Shipments This Holiday
Amazon.com says FedEx Corp.’s delivery performance is slipping and will no longer let third-party merchants use the company’s ground delivery network for quick Prime shipments through the holidays.
December 16, 2019