Final mile

Ryder launches ad campaign touting supply chain

Multimedia blitz highlights part of Ryder’s business unfamiliar to many

Ryder System Inc. (NYSE:R) has launched a national multimedia advertising campaign to highlight its supply chain and dedicated transportation businesses, capabilities that the general public normally doesn’t associate with the 87-year-old company.

The campaign, called “Ever better World of Logistics,” debuted over the weekend and is originally scheduled to run through December. However, it will probably be extended into the...

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Training and collaboration key to successful white glove delivery

White glove delivery training and safety as well as ways to minimize damage were the talking points on this episode of White Glove Residential Briefing: presented by AIT Worldwide Logistics.

FreightWaves Director of Freight Intelligence Zach Strickland welcomed back John Hagi, AIT’s Director of Residential Delivery and Special Services, who recently appeared as a panelist on a FreightWaves final mile webinar, to further discuss the factors affecting the white glove sector.  

The coronavirus...

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Walmart+ won’t make Amazon quake, but that could be beside the point

Walmart Inc.’s (NYSE:WMT) planned Walmart+ service, which reportedly launches later this month with a $98 annual fee for same-day deliveries of groceries and general merchandise as well as fuel discounts, may not rain on Amazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) parade. And that may not matter.

The subscription-based initiative, first reported earlier this month by the online publication Recode, would expand a pure e-grocery delivery initiative that Walmart launched late last year. The new service will...

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Werner Enterprises expands final-mile service into Canada

Truckload carrier Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ: WERN) is expanding its final-mile service into Canada, aiming to get a larger slice of the exploding e-commerce market.

“Our experience in Canada for more than 20 years, combined with our delivery capability, will help many of our e-commerce customers serve new and existing customers in the Canadian market,” Craig Stoffel, vice president of global logistics and final mile for Werner Enterprises, said in a release.

Werner Final Mile logistics solutions...

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FreightWaves Final Mile Report

Final-mile delivery is not a new phenomenon, by any means. But in the old days, the product moved along a defined path — from the manufacturer to the retail distribution center and finally to the retail store before being purchased and ultimately delivered to the customer’s home by the store.

Now with e-commerce penetration rising, goods are increasingly purchased online and often directly shipped from the manufacturer or, if purchased from a retailer’s website, the goods are often pulled from...

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