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Nearly 14% of Americans reported being victims of package theft in the past 12 months, according to a December survey from Finder. That equals 35.5 million Americans and an average package theft value of $156.82. A new survey released Tuesday morning on package theft and security solutions from...

Instacart is moving beyond the store with plans to open robotic fulfillment centers for grocers to handle online orders. The grocery delivery company has announced that Fabric will provide the software and robotics for the facilities, which will start rolling out over the next 12 months, according...

Flat-rate shipping firm Sendle has announced a partnership with GLS Group to handle last-mile parcel deliveries in eight Western states. GLS offers parcel, less-than-truckload and truckload transportation solutions in Europe and the Western U.S. The agreement will enable e-commerce sellers to send...

It's going to be tough to match the stress the 2020 holiday shopping season put on the parcel delivery network, but continued COVID-19 spread and lack of capacity in freight networks could lead to shippers being out of luck again this year around peak season deliveries.  There are some steps...

Last week, the U.S. Commerce Department shocked analysts when it announced overall retail sales rose 0.6% in June, rebounding from a downwardly revised 1.7% drop in May. Excluding auto sales – which are still being hampered by global semiconductor shortages – retail sales climbed 1.3%. The...

Late last year, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) severed what was to be a five-year partnership with Bossa Nova Robotics. Less than a year into the alliance, Walmart said human resources were just as capable and efficient as their robotic counterparts when it came to optimizing the stocking of shelves in its...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AZMN) came online during 1995 as yet another online bookstore. One that didn't even have the support of...

Last-mile logistics services provider DeliverEnd is partnering with contactless shopping company Perfit to establish an end-to-end, same-day local delivery solution for online shoppers. The partnership will combine DeliverEnd's scalable last-mile delivery solutions and driver networks with Perfit's...

Etsy Inc (NASDAQ: ETSY) should be able to retain the record-high new users added to its platform in 2020, while the recent acquisitions of Depop and Elo7 will expand the company’s total addressable market to include “new attractive categories, demographics and geographies,”...

Two delivery companies in the Portland, Oregon, area have quit Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Last Mile Delivery and Triton Transportation stopped hauling packages for the e-tailer last week and the attorney representing both companies told Modern Shipper that litigation against Amazon is being considered...

Day one of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Prime Day on Monday resulted in record sales, with online sales jumping 8.7% to $5.6 billion according to early data compiled by Adobe Analytics. With Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Target (NYSE: TGT), and others also offering special discounts this week to combat Amazon,...

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Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is purchasing 1,000 trucks with high-autonomy software from startup Plus in a deal giving the e-commerce giant a 20% stake in the company. Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V (NASDAQ: HCIC), the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsoring Plus for public...

The week of Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Prime Day event is finally here, but the upcoming week includes some big names' earnings reports, such as Nike (NYSE: NKE) and FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX), along with a new round of economic reports, including the GDP. Monday- No Major Earnings Reports...

JD.Com Inc (NASDAQ: JD) broke bullish on Tuesday from a descending channel that had been pushing its stock down since Feb. 17 when it made a new all-time high of $108.29. The Chinese online retailer and internet company’s stock then consolidated on Wednesday and Thursday, tagging the eight-...