This year has been taxing for companies across the logistics industry. Rates have reached historic highs, capacity has consistently been strained and companies have been working in peak season conditions throughout the entirety of 2021. Equipment and labor shortages have made all these challenges more pronounced. These headwinds have only been exacerbated by the traditional retail peak season surge.
With holiday shopping in full swing, shippers are struggling to afford surging rates and meet...
AIT Worldwide is expanding its last-mile logistics capability, agreeing to acquire New York City-based Select Express & Logistics.
Select Express is a third-party logistics provider specializing in final-mile delivery and assembly services for big and bulky consumer and commercial goods — so-called “white-glove” services. The company has more than 400 employees across 60 locations with 47 cross-dock facilities in the U.S. It handles more than 1.7 million shipments annually through a network of...
The freight industry is in the midst of a paradox. Customers want more goods shipped faster than ever before, but they also want shipping methods that are sustainable and environmentally friendly. The problem is that there’s often a trade-off between those demands.
“The time in transit has a direct relationship to the environmental impact,” said Patrick Browne, director of global sustainability at UPS. “I don’t think the average consumer understands the environmental impact of having something...
For e-commerce customers, there is nothing more frustrating than a poor delivery experience.
“My most frustrating experience is when I get a notification that my package has arrived and I go outside and look and it’s not there, and I look around … and then a couple of hours later it arrives,” Penelope Register-Shaw, chief strategy officer for The FrontDoor Collective, a group of networked delivery service providers, said during a panel on last-mile delivery offerings during last week’s Home...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/home-delivery-world-panelists-innovate-fail-fast-and-listen
Two years ago, Bed Bath & Beyond was behind the times. Prior to the pandemic, the company focused almost exclusively on in-store sales.
“The pandemic taught all of us hard lessons,” COO John Hartmann said during his opening keynote address on Wednesday at the Home Delivery World 2021 conference in Philadelphia. “For Bed Bath & Beyond, that was [we were] behind the curve.”
Executive leadership at the company has turned over, including Hartmann himself, and a new focus on technology, innovation and...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bed-bath-beyonds-rethinking-of-supply-chain-driving-digital-gains
U.S.-based Gopuff has made its second acquisition of a delivery platform in Europe, announcing on Thursday it was acquiring Dija, which operates approximately 40 microfulfillment centers across Europe, including in London, Paris and Madrid.
“There are many similarities between Gopuff and Dija: both of our businesses have a vertically-integrated operating model, we share many core values and a passion for both innovation and delivering for our customers,” the company said in the announcement.
Terms...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gopuff-continues-fast-track-expansion-acquiring-europe-based-dija
E-commerce sales of furniture and home furnishings increased 49% year-over-year in Q1 of this year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But big and bulky items still have a last-mile logistics problem — they are just difficult for traditional carriers to handle.
ShipStation, a web-based e-commerce logistics platform, has announced a new integration with SEKO Logistics, allowing ShipStation users to seamlessly schedule last-mile delivery of their big and bulky e-commerce items through SEKO’s LTL...
Fusion Logistics Inc. recently laid off 303 employees and permanently closed several Texas facilities, according to a notice sent to state officials Monday.
The affected employees worked at locations in Houston, as well as the cities of Farmers Branch, Garland, Coppell and Fort Worth. The facilities will close permanently as a result of the layoffs.
Officials said the job cuts were “due to unforeseeable circumstances involving an unexpectedly large increase in insurance premiums,” according to...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/last-mile-provider-lays-off-more-than-300-in-texas
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Deciding how to manage your transportation needs can be tricky, especially for small businesses or retailers that may not have the budget to spend on big-name carriers....
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