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The latest news for every retail supply chain nerd

Attention shoppers and all you retail supply chain nerds. Welcome to Point of Sale: The Newsletter! Here you’ll find all the latest industry deals, tech developments and everything in between regarding shoppers’ interests. I’m Sydney Edwards, the voice in your head and the writer before you. Happy to be here!

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Peloton’s relaunch

When I think of Peloton, I think of the boujee bike business, but the company...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sometimes-we-all-need-a-relaunch

Walmart, DroneUp expand delivery service to Florida, Texas, Arizona

This week marked a milestone for the drone delivery industry when Rwanda became the first country in the world to establish a nationwide drone delivery network in collaboration with San Francisco-based Zipline.

The drone firm’s partnership with the Rwandan government opened up its service to the country’s entire population, something that had never been done. But the news probably got some observers wondering: Where’s the U.S.’s countrywide drone delivery service? 

Given the snail’s pace of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/walmart-droneup-expand-delivery-service-to-florida-texas-arizona

GigaCloud now offers 48-state last-mile and white-glove delivery

GigaCloud last mile delivery

One of supply chain’s newest publicly traded companies just launched a major expansion.

GigaCloud Technology (NASDAQ: GCT) on Friday announced that it has partnered with an unnamed last-mile and white-glove delivery company to provide services to the entire contiguous U.S. GigaCloud listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange last month.

The firm styles itself as a global B2B marketplace platform that specializes in connecting big and bulky product suppliers to retailers. Its logistics network includes...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gigacloud-now-offers-48-state-last-mile-and-white-glove-delivery

Chilean supply chain startup SimpliRoute expands to US

supply chain logistics technology

Hundreds of U.S. companies are dedicated to solving the route optimization puzzle in logistics. If you live in America, it’s easy to get tunnel vision for the endless sea of innovative supply chain companies with U.S. roots, but companies all over the world are busy solving the same problem.

One of them, Chile’s SimpliRoute, this week announced its expansion to the U.S. The route optimization startup, which serves small businesses and big-name customers like Walmart in over 25 Latin American...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/chilean-supply-chain-startup-simpliroute-expands-to-us

E-commerce platform Cart.com expands US fulfillment footprint

e-commerce cart online shopping

Warehouse space is tough to come by at the moment, and it will likely stay that way through 2023. But this Amazon competitor remains unfazed.

Cart.com, an e-commerce firm focused on growing brands through omnichannel sales and fulfillment, on Friday announced that it added 1.6 million square feet of warehouse capacity by expanding its fulfillment centers in Memphis, Tennessee; Columbus, Ohio; Salt Lake City; and North Texas. That nearly doubles the firm’s total warehouse space in the U.S.

The...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/e-commerce-platform-cartcom-grows-us-fulfillment-footprint

Irish drone delivery firm Manna to launch in US this year

Manna drone delivery

One of Europe’s premier drone delivery firms is ready to take off in the U.S.

Manna, the Irish drone delivery “as-a-service” platform, on Wednesday announced it will expand its service into America by the end of 2022, with a further expansion into mainland Europe slated for 2023.

“Rolling out Manna’s service domestically and internationally has always been part of our strategy. We are delighted that this is going to be achieved,” Bobby Healy, CEO and founder of Manna, said of the expansion....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/irish-drone-delivery-firm-manna-to-launch-in-us-this-year

Amazon is doubling down on its warehouse strategy

Amazon warehouse fulfillment center

So far in 2022, Amazon’s U.S. facility network has flopped.

After more than doubling its warehouse square footage since the start of the pandemic, the company has been hit with a wave of delays and closures. In total, Amazon has canceled, closed, delayed or put on hold more than 40 centers across the country, according to supply chain consultancy MWPVL International.

Yet the e-commerce superpower is still betting big on warehousing. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is pushing for a trio of massive,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-is-doubling-down-on-its-warehouse-strategy

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