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Straightship, Dragonfly partner on turnkey U.S.-to-Canada e-commerce service
2+ hour, 52+ min ago (578+ words) Straightship and Dragonfly recently announced a strategic partnership that aims to simplify northbound e-commerce by offering U.S. retailers a single integration point into the Canadian market. "Canada is a uniquely complex delivery landscape " dense urban hubs, remote rural communities, and everything…...
Breaking Down the Document Barrier Between Delivery and Cash
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (759+ words) For decades, that process has largely been manual. When a billing specialist or back-office employee misses something like a signature, a mismatched quantity, or an undocumented accessorial, the ripple effects go far beyond a simple delay. Invoices stall. Factoring submissions…...
Walmart e-commerce sales top $150B for first time
1+ week, 5+ day ago (348+ words) U.S. e-commerce as a share of Walmart's total sales reached a record 23% in the fourth quarter after growing 27% year over year and drove the majority of its sales growth, underscoring the retail titan's ability to compete with Amazon in the online…...
FedEx execs say InPost deal will boost European performance
2+ week, 5+ day ago (446+ words) Analysts say InPost has perfected the parcel locker model at scale in Europe. The company operates a network of 61,000 parcel lockers and more than 34,000 pick-up/drop-off points in several countries to support more than 100,000 e-commerce sellers, along with doorstep service....
Amazon to expand same-day pharmacy delivery by 80% in 2026
2+ week, 6+ day ago (473+ words) Amazon's digital pharmacy business will expand same-day prescription delivery service to another 2,000 U.S. cities and towns by the end of 2026, bringing fast medication delivery to millions of customers, part of a broader initiative to speed up delivery across all categories, the…...
Startup courier Gofo acquires Cirro E-commerce for access to retailers
2+ week, 6+ day ago (480+ words) Parcel delivery startup Gofo has acquired Cirro E-commerce, an end-to-end provider of international small-parcel logistics services in the United States, Europe and Oceania, the latest stage in an infrastructure race between low-cost carriers to achieve scale in the last-mile delivery…...
Canadian e-commerce shipping platform acquires Warehowz
3+ week, 5+ day ago (241+ words) E-commerce shipping technology platform ShipTime Canada announced Thursday it has acquired Warehowz, a North American marketplace for on-demand warehousing and fulfillment, to enhance its ability to support merchants" logistics needs." The deal is the latest example of how smaller parcel…...
Quiet Logistics dismantling continues with warehouse, customer transfer to Stord
3+ week, 6+ day ago (275+ words) Omnichannel fulfillment provider Stord said Tuesday it has assumed the lease of Quiet Logistics's order-preparation center in Dallas and responsibility for supporting interested Quiet customers following American Eagle Outfitters' decision last month to shutter its third-party logistics subsidiary. Terms of…...
Veho to flex delivery speed for price-sensitive e-commerce sellers
1+ mon, 7+ hour ago (461+ words) Parcel carrier Veho is rolling out an innovative AI-enabled delivery option that gives price-sensitive e-commerce brands the ability to save on shipping costs by trading day-definite delivery for more open-ended delivery windows at a lower rate." FlexSave is aimed at…...
Amazon’s LTL offering reaching out to shippers as possible customers: report
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (511+ words) There are stirrings of the long-awaited entry into the LTL market by Amazon, according to a recent report from a leading Wall Street transportation analyst team. In a report released last week by the transportation team at Morgan Stanley led…...