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On the menu for Grubhub? A new chief executive

Food delivery platform Grubhub has now experienced two major leadership changes in less than two years.

The U.S. arm of Just Eat Takeaway (OTCUS: JTKWY) announced on Monday that CEO Adam DeWitt, an 11-year veteran of the company, will step down. He will be replaced by Howard Migdal, who heads Grubhub’s Canadian counterpart SkipTheDishes.

The shakeup comes just 21 months after DeWitt replaced former chief executive Matt Maloney in June 2021. He’ll remain with the company until May 1 before Migdal...

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Alphabet drone division Wing has new plan for citywide delivery networks

Despite the flurry of innovation taking place within the nascent drone delivery industry, there’s one area the vast majority of drone firms wouldn’t touch with a 10-foot pole: cities.

Simply put, drone logistics are more challenging in urban environments. How will they avoid not just people but also tall buildings? How will they pick up orders from stores in densely packed city centers? And most importantly, where will they land?

That’s why, until now, drones have found most of their success in ru...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/alphabet-drone-division-wing-has-new-plan-for-citywide-delivery-networks

Middle-mile FreightTech firm Warp launches same- and next-day store delivery

Bringg, Onfleet, FarEye, Veho, AxleHire and a sea of other delivery management platforms are shaking up the last mile. 

But FreightTech startup Warp, which emerged from stealth in February 2022 and is led by two AxleHire veterans, wants to ensure supply chains don’t cut out the middleman.

The Los Angeles-based middle-mile firm on Tuesday rolled out DirectFresh, a new platform offering aimed at perishable shippers. Now live in all major U.S. and Canadian metros and select areas in Mexico, the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/middle-mile-freighttech-firm-warp-launches-same-and-next-day-store-delivery

BigCommerce adds BOPIS for merchants

Buy online, pick up in store (BOPIS) is steadily becoming a hallmark of flexible fulfillment for merchants. Enabling the option for customers, though, is easier said than done.

On Monday, e-commerce SaaS platform BigCommerce (NASDAQ: BIGC) launched its own BOPIS offering to make the process smoother for sellers. The offering relies on a set of new and updated APIs, which merchants can integrate into their e-commerce sites to manage pickup locations and inventory at the item level, all the way...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bigcommerce-adds-bopis-for-merchants

Shyft Group gets in on shift toward electric delivery vehicles

In order for electric trucks and delivery vans to proliferate, the EV industry has some infrastructure issues to iron out.

One thing the space isn’t lacking, though, is choice. A mixture of legacy automakers and innovative startups have emerged to tackle the electric delivery challenge, and vehicle manufacturer and solutions provider The Shyft Group (NASDAQ: SHYF) is putting its name on the map.

The company on Monday announced the certification of its Class 3, 4 and 5 Blue Arc electric delivery...

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The Light Load: English trucker’s Cadbury Egg caper goes awry

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I always wanted to yell, “The cat!” on “Family Feud” if Richard Dawson or Steve Harvey said to name...

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Ford earns Postal Service’s latest EV contract

With all of the government-backed initiatives designed to boost electric vehicle adoption, is it any surprise that the nation’s largest federally backed fleet is leading the way?

Continuing its push to electrify more than 66,000 delivery vehicles by 2028 as part of its Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) initiative, the U.S. Postal Service this week announced the awarding of another major vehicle delivery contract.

Oshkosh Defense received the first — which initially included around 10,000...

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Amazon expands same-day delivery, invests in driver safety

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Remember when Amazon last year scaled back its facility footprint amid an overbuild and an economic...

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Target announces massive supply chain investment

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Last March, Target announced its plan for a logistics overhaul in 2022, following through with new...

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Shippo integration streamlines e-commerce shipping operations

Some retailers have spent years building out their own transportation and logistics networks. But give Shippo a month and the San Francisco Bay Area-based company can grow those capabilities exponentially at the click of a button.

That’s the value proposition behind Shipping Elements, the company’s latest solution that provides e-commerce platforms with a full suite of embedded fulfillment and delivery functionality to offer to their merchant customers.

These days, for an e-commerce platform to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shippo-integration-streamlines-e-commerce-shipping-operations

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