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American Eagle’s Quiet Platforms partners with global shipper Pitney Bowes

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Just a few days after it was one of the lone bright spots in American Eagle Outfitters’ Q1 2022 earnings report, the retailer’s logistics platform continues to make moves.

Quiet Platforms, the outfitter’s delivery and fulfillment subsidiary, on Tuesday announced a collaboration with global shipper Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) to bring value-added carrier services to its network, an open-sharing platform that’s aiming to become the “anti-Amazon.”  The growing platform boasts clients such as Steve...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/american-eagles-quiet-platforms-partners-with-global-shipper-pitney-bowes

Emerge partners with EDRAY to ease drayage pain points

Freight procurement platform Emerge on Tuesday announced it is partnering with EDRAY to offer its global shipping customers access to drayage solutions.

EDRAY received a $7 million investment in July from Emerge founder and CEO Andrew Leto, who was attracted to the company’s unique way of consolidating global shipments and its use of flow stacking, a process that coordinates a number of incoming port pickups so that all cargo is stowed together, making for an easier unloading process, which can...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/emerge-partners-with-edray-to-ease-drayage-pain-points

DoorDash now delivering from 600 JCPenney stores nationwide

DoorDash and JCPenney partner on same-day delivery from 600 stores across the US

DoorDash is steadily carving out a niche within the same-day delivery space. In its latest same-day delivery partnership, the food delivery app will collaborate with JCPenney to deliver a variety of products out of 600 JCPenney stores in every U.S. state besides Alaska.

Thousands of products ranging from apparel to appliances will now be available to customers on the DoorDash (NYSE: DASH) app or website. And if you waited until the last minute to order your holiday gifts, you’re in luck —...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/doordash-now-delivering-from-600-jcpenney-stores-nationwide

Uber Eats partners with Hims & Hers, will deliver in 12 markets

Uber Eats partners with telehealth platform Hims & Hers to deliver personal care products to 12 markets

Uber wants in on the health and wellness space. The rideshare and food delivery giant is partnering with telehealth platform Hims & Hers (NYSE: HIMS) to deliver personal care and health products to Uber Eats customers in 12 markets, including Los Angeles, Seattle, Miami, Philadelphia and Austin, Texas.

Uber (NYSE: UBER), which launched Uber Health — a service that allows health care organizations to arrange rides for patients — in 2018, has been dipping its toes into the health and wellness...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/uber-eats-partners-with-hims-hers-will-deliver-in-12-markets

Strong partnerships keep trucks rolling this peak season

This peak season, companies across the supply chain can expect to see the same challenges they have faced all year — namely strained capacity — intensify. Strong consumer demand, coupled with labor shortages throughout the logistics industry, is a recipe for frustration and imbalance. Many of the conversations surrounding peak season headwinds center around shippers, but carriers also face challenges during this time. 

“The reality is that peak season has been around for a long time, and it is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/strong-partnerships-keep-trucks-rolling-this-peak-season

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