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UPS Warns of Temporary Delays After Cyber Monday Overwhelms Network

UPS Inc. is expecting slight delays in package deliveries after a surge in e-commerce sales swamped its network in the days after Thanksgiving.

December 5, 2017

Shipping Billionaires are in a High Seas ā€˜Arms Race’

A shopping spree by two billionaires is shaking up a shipping industry still recovering from years of falling rates and overcapacity.

December 4, 2017

Kroger Switches to Penske to Handle Trucking, Warehousing in Texas

Nearly 700 employees who work in a Kroger warehouse in Keller, Texas, were laid off when the supermarket chain terminated a relationship with SouthStar and signed with Penske Logistics, but Penske said individuals affected will be able to reapply for job

December 4, 2017

Capitol Agenda for the Week of Dec. 4: New Jersey Drive

The dilapidated stretch of Interstate 95, or the Turnpike, along Newark’s metropolitan region in beautiful New Jersey needs to be repaired soon, and raising federal taxes on fuel is the way to go about it, Rep. Donald Payne Jr. said amid Congress’ debate on tax policy. A look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

December 4, 2017

Campbell Is Testing Online Soup Delivery

Campbell Soup Co. is testing an online service that will deliver soups to customers’ doors, part of an effort by the 148-year-old food giant to shake off a sales slump and update its business model.

December 1, 2017

Defense to Key Witness in Pilot Flying J Fraud Trial: Isn’t Cheating ā€˜Dumb’ Business Move?

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — In a bid to discredit a key government witness in the ongoing Pilot Flying J fraud trial, a defense attorney on Nov. 30 offered up a question about any scheme to defraud customers.

December 1, 2017

Warehouses Are Getting Bigger, Taller, Faster

Those boxes piling up on your doorstep over the holidays don’t ship from Santa’s workshop. As Americans spend more money shopping online, real estate developers are sinking record amounts of money into new warehouse space, building bigger, taller structures to meet the needs of e-commerce — and the robots that help it along.

December 1, 2017

Cyber Monday Orders Are In; Retailers Now Giving Perks for Patience

Shoppers clicking ā€œbuyā€ on smartphones, tablets and laptops spent almost $20 billion online from Thanksgiving through Monday. Now retailers have to turn that spending spree into a flood of cardboard boxes on their way to shoppers’ doorsteps.

November 30, 2017