e-commerce fulfillment

Spiking sales draw Uber into on-demand alcohol business

Uber to buy on-demand alcohol provider Drizly

COVID-19 nearly crushed the restaurant and liquor industries. Stay-at-home orders and in-store customer limit restrictions were like taking a knife to butter – they instantly and drastically sliced away profits. Many restaurants tried to survive by turning to takeout.

Liquor stores felt the squeeze as well, with fewer people leaving their homes raising concern about lower sales. For liquor retailers, the answer was online sales. According to IWSR Drinks Market Analysis, global beverage alcohol...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/spiking-sales-draw-uber-into-on-demand-alcohol-business

E-commerce delivery startup Pandion looks in eyes of giants

There would seem to be easier ways to build an empire than to launch an end-to-end e-commerce delivery company to compete with FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX), UPS Inc. (NYSE:UPS), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and, to a degree, the U.S. Postal Service. But Scott Ruffin is ready to give it a try.

Working in Ruffin’s favor is massive e-commerce fulfillment and delivery growth that might bake a big enough pie for multiple folks to get fat from. Also on his side is significant delivery industry chops:...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/e-commerce-delivery-startup-pandion-looks-in-eyes-of-giants

Minimizing e-commerce’s carbon impact: How one company is accomplishing it

E-commerce carbon offset program

The growth of e-commerce has made shopping more convenient for consumers, especially during the past year as the world grappled with stay-at-home orders because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has also put more vehicles on the road and shipping boxes into the supply chain.

The result is a global increase in carbon dioxide (CO2). According to Shopify, the e-commerce platform designed for many smaller retailers, greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere are at their highest levels in history,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/minimizing-e-commerces-carbon-impact-how-one-company-is-doing-that

Walmart vs Kroger: A strategy battle for online grocery

This is an excerpt from Thursday’s (1/28) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter.

Automation is playing an increasingly important role in online grocery fulfillment. Automated warehouses are not new to retail supply chains, but online demand for groceries in the U.S. never warranted them. Prior to the pandemic, roughly 4% of American grocery spending was done online, compared with upward of 15% in the U.K. and South Korea. But the pandemic changed everything for grocers. Online grocery...

Walmart to build $800M distribution center near Dallas

Walmart is building an $800 million e-commerce site in Lancaster, Texas, aimed at supporting booming online shopping growth in the area, according to a report Wednesday by The Dallas Morning News.

The project will include two e-commerce facilities totaling 1.9 million square feet, including a 1.2 million-square-foot fulfillment center and a 700,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Lancaster, a suburb of Dallas.

Walmart has not officially announced the project. The company is named in city of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/walmart-to-build-800m-distribution-center-near-dallas

Bringg’s collaboration with Uber opens new doors for e-commerce

Bringg teams with Uber to fulfill e-commerce orders

As e-commerce exploded in 2020, many merchants were unable to take full advantage. Those with in-house fulfillment and delivery operations thrived — those without faced uncertainty and an inability to scale their online operations.

Enter Bringg.

The global fulfillment cloud technology company has announced a partnership with Uber Direct (NYSE: UBER) to help online retailers ensure those orders are delivered safely and in a timely manner.

“Some customers have an in-house fleet to serve their...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bringgs-collaboration-with-uber-opens-new-doors-for-e-commerce

Need for logistics space remains high, says Prologis

Prologis' real estate increases by $7 billion in value during the quarter

On its fourth-quarter earnings call Tuesday, management from logistics real estate giant Prologis Inc. (NYSE: PLD) said strong demand from the second half of 2020 has continued into the new year. “We entered 2021 with optimism and confidence,” commented CFO Tom Olinger.

The positivity stems from broad demand from the bulk of its customer base, with only hospitality suppliers struggling. Verticals touching consumer products, food and beverage, electronics, and health care are thriving. Management...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/need-for-logistics-space-remains-high-says-prologis

Prologis beats Q4 consensus; guidance ahead of forecasts

Prologis' Q4 ahead of forecasts

Logistics real estate investment trust Prologis Inc. (NYSE: PLD) reported core funds from operations of 95 cents per share, 3 cents ahead of consensus, for the fourth quarter on Tuesday. Full-year 2020 core FFO was $3.80 per share, almost 15% higher year-over-year and 2 cents above the high end of management’s guidance range.

“The work we have done to create the best-in-class portfolio and the most efficient cost structure in the industry is delivering exceptional financial results,” said...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/prologis-beats-q4-consensus-guidance-ahead-of-forecasts

Deliveright and Shopify connect for heavy-goods delivery

Deliveright launches heavy-goods delivery app with Shopify

Deliveright Logistics announced the launch of the first heavy-goods delivery app for Canadian e-commerce company Shopify (NYSE: SHOP).

Bayonne, New Jersey-based Deliveright operates a digital delivery network for heavy goods, connecting manufacturers, retailers and delivery companies to fulfill the shipment of first- and final-mile heavy freight, like furniture and exercise equipment. Through the app, Deliveright will be able to manage the logistics and final-mile delivery to consumers...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/deliveright-and-shopify-connect-for-heavy-goods-delivery

Logistics real estate activity breaks records in Q4

Logistics real estate stays hot in Q4

Logistics activity continues to dominate the industrial real estate markets, according to global commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK). The firm’s fourth-quarter outlook report highlighted the impact e-commerce is having on demand for logistics space.

Warehousing, distribution space in high demand

The report said the fourth quarter was the strongest on record for positive net absorption, the amount of space leased over that vacated, at 90 million square feet. The...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/logistics-real-estate-activity-breaks-records-in-q4

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