Amazon Expands Roll Out of Scout Robot Deliveries
From pipe dream, to marketing ploy, to actual delivery robot? The Amazon Scout robot has been as much of a talking point as the Amazon delivery drones, however the scout is the first to be rolled out to look at last mile delivery. After launching early last year, Amazon has limited Scout to select markets, […]
DHL Global Forwarding Launches myDHLi One-Stop Customer Portal For Digital Logistics
DHL Global Forwarding, Deutsche Post DHL Group’s air and ocean freight specialist, has launched myDHLi, a fully integrated online platform for freight forwarding customers. myDHLi’s highly intuitive user interface makes it easy to use and ensures that customers have all relevant information at hand. Reflecting already well established social media functions like follow and share, relevant information can be […]
BigCommerce Partners With FedEx to Offer Online Merchants Competitive and Enhanced Shipping Options
Online commerce platform BigCommerce is collaborating with FedEx to give small and medium businesses on BigCommerce access to the robust FedEx portfolio of ecommerce solutions and competitive rates. A 2019 BigCommerce survey found that 77 percent of global consumer respondents have abandoned an ecommerce purchase due to unsatisfactory shipping options. With this enhanced feature set, growing […]
U.K. Based Multi-Channel Fulfillment Solution Huboo Experiences Unprecedented Growth During Coronavirus
Bristol-based fulfillment center huboo has continued to seize new business during the COVID-19 epidemic with a unique, socially-distanced ‘micro-hub’ design implemented well before lockdown began. With a recent investment by Maersk Growth, the corporate venture arm of shipping giant AP-Moller Maersk, huboo was experiencing 100% quarter-on-quarter growth prior to the onset of the pandemic. The […]
UPS Flight Forward and CVS to Launch Residential Drone Delivery Service in Florida Retirement Community
UPS and CVS Health Corporation said UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF) will use drones to deliver prescription medicines from a CVS pharmacy to The Villages, Florida for the largest U.S. retirement community, home to more than 135,000 residents. The service will use Matternet’s M2 drone system. Drone transport offers a fast delivery option for […]
Whistl Offers New Low Volume Parcel Delivery Product for Online Merchants
U.K. delivery management solution Whistl has launched a trial in three locations of a new delivery service for low volume online merchants who cannot access competitive parcel pricing. The service which is operational in the West Midlands (Minworth), South Yorkshire (Dinnington) and Nottingham will see Whistl collect parcels from local etailers, then consolidate at its […]
How Shelter In Place Orders Impact Online Businesses and Marketplace Sellers
Yesterday, the Governor of California ordered a Shelter in Place Order for the entire state, impacting about 40 million residents and the 5th largest economy in the world. Previously, only the greater San Francisco metro area with about 7 million people was the largest Shelter in Place Order given to date in the U.S. Today, […]
UPS Announces Innovative Services and Programs to Help Small Businesses Grow
UPS continues its aggressive roll-out of innovative new services and solutions, squarely focused on the needs of its customers, especially small and medium-sized businesses. Many of the solutions work together to provide superior visibility, control, convenience and customer value versus competitor solutions that cannot leverage a fully integrated transportation network. Additionally, the company will bring […]
Ware2Go releases new set of supply chain optimization tools
Ware2Go released a new suite of supply chain optimization tools to help merchants of all sizes become more efficient and reach new customers. The self-service integrated toolset helps businesses improve their demand forecasts, identify optimal inventory levels and quantify the overall value of strategically distributing inventory close to end-users. ● Demand Forecasting: Combines macroeconomic factors […]
Royal Mail releases Quality of Service report for Q1 2019-20
Royal Mail’s latest Quality of Service report reveals that the Company has exceeded its regulatory Quality of Service targets for First and Second Class mail, for the first quarter of the financial year 2019-20. During the first quarter of the year leading up to 30 June 2019, Royal Mail delivered 93.2 per cent of First […]