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La startup de entrega de comercio electrónico ShipX dio un gran paso adelante en su evolución el mes pasado, creando una solución de transporte de extremo a extremo mediante una adquisición. La operación añadió la primera y la media milla a su oferta, principalmente de última milla.
ShipX, con sede en Nueva York, se puso en marcha a principios de 2021, pero la semilla se había plantado años antes, cuando su fundador y consejero delegado, Solomon Zakinov, asesoraba a una pequeña empresa de...
E-commerce delivery startup ShipX took a big step forward in its evolution last month, building out an end-to-end transportation solution through acquisition. The deal added the first and middle mile to its mostly final-mile offering.
New York-based ShipX was launched at the beginning of 2021, but the seed had been planted years prior when founder and CEO Solomon Zakinov was consulting for a small, regional delivery company.
“Back then I was literally only aware of UPS and FedEx. I wasn’t aware...
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Walmart, Best Buy, Target, Macy’s, Kroger, The Home Depot, J. Crew, Albertsons, Bed Bath & Beyond, Madewell — besides being marquee U.S. brands, what do all of these companies have in common?
These retailers span sectors from technology to apparel to grocery to home goods, and more. But all of them use a marketplace model.
While millions of U.S. vendors have found success selling on marketplaces, the companies at the top are the ones running them. That begs the question: Should you sell through...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/why-sell-through-a-marketplace-when-you-can-build-your-own
Just a few days after it was one of the lone bright spots in American Eagle Outfitters’ Q1 2022 earnings report, the retailer’s logistics platform continues to make moves.
Quiet Platforms, the outfitter’s delivery and fulfillment subsidiary, on Tuesday announced a collaboration with global shipper Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) to bring value-added carrier services to its network, an open-sharing platform that’s aiming to become the “anti-Amazon.” The growing platform boasts clients such as Steve...
E-commerce transportation provider ShipX announced it has acquired Princeton Logistics and its subsidiary, TriStar Carriers. The deal adds first- and middle-mile transportation services to ShipX’s mostly last-mile parcel offering.
Princeton, New Jersey-based Princeton Logistics offers a full suite of contract truckload brokerage services along the East Coast through a network of more than 1,100 carriers. The company also brokers power-only and box truck delivery services.
Jacksonville,...
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Shopify on Thursday announced it is acquiring last-mile technology company Deliverr for $2.1 billion. Deliverr provides management software to manage final-mile deliveries through an asset-light network of warehouse, carrier and last-mile partners.
“Our goal is to not only level the playing field for independent businesses but tilt it in their favor — turning their size and agility into a superpower,” Tobi Lütke, Shopify’s CEO, said in a statement, which accompanied Q1 earnings. “Together with...
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A major attraction of FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain live event in Northwest Arkansas on May 9-10 will be the seven-minute live demos. Here’s a preview of one of those demos.
E-commerce has been one of the biggest things to come out of the pandemic-era supply chains. Now more than ever, companies that focus on direct-to-consumer brands are hitting logjams when it comes to scaling, data tracking and operations.
Processing hundreds of small parcel loads to carriers throughout the country...
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The digital world has ushered in a new era of ranking businesses. Today, everyone is looking for that five-star review that reinforces that, yes, it is the gold standard by which competitors will be compared. Five-star companies retain more of their customers, they attract more new customers, and they see sales rise as a result.
Yet in 2022, too often e-commerce brands are missing out on that five-star review, and it has nothing to do with the product they are selling. It has to do with their...
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