last-mile delivery

Fresh off a $20 million Series B funding round, last-mile delivery firm AxleHire has announced its expansion to the Chicagoland area. The expansion represents AxleHire's 10th sortation center.  In addition to Chicago, AxleHire currently operates and has sortation centers in Dallas, Houston, Los...

The last-mile innovation continues, and retailers are jumping on the bandwagon in a big way. According to a new report from last-mile logistics provider Bringg, 64% of respondents said they are planning new premium services and service plans to increase business. "This past year has forced...

The "booming" final-mile segment continues to experience significant mergers and acquisitions as many transportation providers look to complement their service offerings with in-home delivery. Transportation provider Atlas World Group announced that its subsidiary, Atlas Logistics, has acquired...

The U.S. trucking industry is massive, sustaining millions of stakeholders in a market that is worth close to a trillion dollars annually. Its sheer scale brings in volatility to capacity and volumes available to haul, determined by macroeconomic factors that dictate supply-and-demand equations...

Explosive growth in e-commerce has spawned a new generation of transportation options designed expressly for navigating and delivering packages in dense city neighborhoods. With few exceptions, the latest offerings hew to the connected, autonomous, shared and electric vision that startups and OEMs...

Within supply chains at large, the last-mile delivery segment has witnessed significant disruption in recent years. E-commerce incumbents and startups mushrooming in the space are on the constant lookout to customize delivery channels and optimize existing networks in an attempt to scale up...

Good day, Industry giant Panasonic has teamed with Tropos Motors on new concept electric vehicles designed for local and last-mile applications. The two compact utility vehicles will be equipped with Panasonic's proprietary software and cloud services platform OneConnect. The emergency services...

Canadian third-party-logistics provider, Metro Supply Chain Group, has acquired Custom Delivery Solutions, which specializes in deliveries of large format goods.  Ontario-based Metro announced the deal on October 3, without disclosing a price.  Custom Delivery Solutions, based in Calgary, is an...

As consumers become increasingly accustomed to the ease of purchasing online, the growth of ecommerce over the next decade is nothing short of certainty. Then again, the mainstream adoption of ecommerce was gradual, tracing back to the times of the dot com rage, when Amazon was nothing more than...