Amazon is bulking up its fleet of electric vehicles beyond the delivery vans that many customers are accustomed to seeing in their neighborhoods. The company announced Tuesday that it has… Read More
Shein, a juggernaut in the world of fast-fashion and e-commerce, is opening a new office in downtown Bellevue, Wash., that will serve as a U.S. fulfillment and logistics hub for… Read More
Amazon continues to increase the speed with which it can get deliveries to customers, announcing Tuesday that it increased the number of items delivered in the U.S. on the same… Read More
— Melissa Nick, a vice president of North America fulfillment at Amazon, is leaving the company after more than nine years. Nick was based out of Nashville, Tenn., where she… Read More
In the near future, when a pizza gets tossed in the air at Pagliacci, it may not come down until it’s delivered. The Seattle-based pizza chain has signed on with… Read More
New funding: Seattle-area trucking analytics startup GoodShip raised $2.4 million in a round led by Fuse, with participation from Cercano Management, Flexport Fund, Innovation Endeavors, Sope Creek Capital, and other… Read More
Amazon released new numbers about the growth of its Delivery Service Partners program, saying 3,000 independent companies now deliver more than 10 million packages for Amazon each day, employing 275,000… Read More
The news: Community organizers at a rally Saturday in Seattle demanded that Amazon withdraw reported plans to build a distribution center at a site in the Rainier Valley area, south… Read More
After doubling its fulfillment capacity and hiring hundreds of thousands of workers to meet demand during the pandemic, Amazon is determined to get costs under control and return its consumer… Read More
One year ago, the last question put to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos during his final shareholder meeting as the company’s CEO was an important one. It was, in essence: Has… Read More
Seattle startup Flexe is raising more cash to bolster its marketplace used by retailers to purchase on-demand warehousing space. A new SEC filing reveals that the company has raised $67.9… Read More
Trucking marketplace Convoy is pouring a lot more fuel in its tank, raising $260 million as the Seattle company aims to bolster its growing network of truckers and shippers. The… Read More
Delivery speed is a top priority for online shoppers. But it can be difficult for retailers not named Amazon to ship products to your door in a matter of days… Read More
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the global supply chain has choked and sputtered, causing shortages of everything from computer chips to certain foods. Ports are so overrun that scores of… Read More
Is the cost of hiring workers and bolstering its fulfillment network taking a toll on Amazon’s bottom line? Wall Street analysts are betting that the answer is yes. On average,… Read More
Arlington, Wash.-based electric aircraft maker Eviation is set to deliver for DHL Express, announcing Tuesday that the logistics company has ordered 12 of Eviation’s fully electric Alice eCargo planes. Eviation,… Read More
Seattle’s first neighborhood delivery hub is now live. The hub, in a parking lot near the Space Needle, brings together companies working in transportation, delivery logistics and food preparation to… Read More
An Amazon veteran who helped the tech giant take on the explosion in e-commerce retail deliveries is striking out on his own to tackle the challenge. Seattle-based startup Pandion announced… Read More
Uber Freight, the trucking logistics arm of Uber, today announced a $500 million investment led by Greenbriar that values the unit at $3.3 billion. Uber Freight helps match carriers with… Read More
[Update, Oct. 9: The Urban Freight Lab told users of the Belltown Lockers that they will be moved to a new location a few blocks away due to changes at… Read More
Amazon is in advanced talks to buy the self-driving vehicle startup Zoox Inc., according to the Wall Street Journal. The deal would value Zoox at less than the $3.2 billion… Read More
Editor’s note: The following is a guest post written by David Glick, CTO at Flexe, a Seattle logistics startup. I’ve spent a lot of time in warehouses. I joined Amazon… Read More
Another Seattle startup is blending technology with logistics to change the way goods move around the country within a $800 billion U.S. trucking industry. This time it’s Freightweb, a new… Read More
CNBC reported that Amazon is lifting the FedEx Ground and Home ban it placed on third-party sellers last month, just a week before Christmas. Amazon set the ban for Prime… Read More
FedEx reported lackluster financials for the second quarter of its fiscal year and cut profit expectations going forward, continuing the shipping giant’s struggles amid a battle with Amazon. FedEx is… Read More
Amazon vans zipping around neighborhoods making holiday deliveries aren’t the only relatively new transportation hardware that the tech giant has put in motion. Dave Clark, Amazon’s senior vice president of… Read More
A record number of Amazon-branded trucks are driving up and down freeways across the U.S. this holiday season, the latest sign of the major expansion of the tech giant’s delivery… Read More
On Sept. 15, a truck left from Houston carrying a food-and-beverage industry haul to Roanoke, Texas, outside of Dallas. The next day, that same truck picked up another load for… Read More
Amazon is spending massively to increase capacity for its new one-day delivery initiative — and it’s cutting into the company’s profits. The company revealed Thursday that it will invest nearly… Read More
If you want to buy a shirt directly from a merchant in China, the customs hurdles will vary depending on whether it’s made of cotton or wool. Or if you… Read More
