Atlanta startup builds an Amazon ‘for everyone else’

Helping small businesses compete with the Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) e-commerce juggernaut has become more than a cottage industry, as dozens of technology companies create platforms aimed at helping retailers and direct-to-consumer sellers put in place reliable, easy-to-use inventory, transportation and delivery management systems.

One member of that club is Stord, an Atlanta-based startup that closed a $31 million Series B funding round this week to continue building out its cloud-based supply...

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STORD acquires Cove Logistics

STORD acquires Cove Logistics and now offers freight services (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

On-demand warehousing and distribution startup STORD has acquired transportation provider Cove Logistics to further expand its capabilities, which now includes freight services. 

In a statement, Sean Henry, the CEO of STORD, explained that the company was on a mission to help companies build and scale optimized, cloud-based supply chains. “Since our launch, we have been laser-focused on improving our customers’ warehousing networks to optimize the placement of their inventory,” he said. 

Today,...

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