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FedEx Ground installs robotics in Queens, plans additional facilities

FedEx installs robotics in Queens facility

FedEx Ground has installed robotics solutions in its Queens, New York, facility to sort small packages that arrive in bulk for loading into containers bound for other hubs in the Ground network. The package delivery giant will add more robotics from Berkshire Grey in sortation facilities in Las Vegas and Columbus, Ohio, in future months.

Berkshire Grey’s (NASDAQ: BGRY) AI-enabled Robotic Product Sortation and Identification (RPSi) system is designed to autonomously process, pick, identify, sort,...

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DTC logistics provider FlavorCloud seeks to demystify global networks for e-commerce brands

Global e-commerce is enabling direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands to sell their products in hundreds of countries at a time. Shipping those goods, though, can be problematic with tariffs and duties, various tax rates and currency conversion issues.

Shopify’s Oberlo brand estimates that 2.14 billion people will shop online in 2021 and Statista said that the average order value for an international sale is $147, a 17% premium over the average domestic sale for a U.S.-based seller. It also found that...

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Taking the measure of returns: 5 questions for FedEx’s Ryan Kelly

The peak-season returns cycle came to end around the middle of January. While no final data is available, the consensus is that would be as unprecedented as the forward part of the delivery process. 

U.S. consumers returned an estimated $101 billion in merchandise this past holiday period, equal to about 13.3% of the value of all ordered holiday merchandise, according to a survey of 62 retailers published Jan. 11 by the National Retail Federation and Appriss Retail. The increase in year-on-year...

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