FedEx, Walgreens partner for next-day delivery prescription service

The company's move is designed to head off Amazon's entry into home delivery as well as compete with CVS' service.

By Andy Burt • Dec. 7, 2018

Spelling out the omnichannel alphabet soup

Four acronyms reflect the varied strategies retailers are pursuing to fulfill online and digitally-placed store orders.

By Jacqueline Smith Renfrow • Dec. 4, 2018

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Here’s how companies are navigating rising costs, network changes and logistics disruptions across global supply chain networks.

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Is BOSS the new BOPIS?

In-store pickup and ship-to-store fulfillment models have distinct challenges — and advantages.

By Jacqueline Smith Renfrow • Dec. 4, 2018

Company of the Year: UPS

In a climate of skyrocketing parcel and package volumes, the 111-year-old company had to change its mindset to think like a startup. 

By Shefali Kapadia • Dec. 3, 2018

Drone rules may not be finalized until 2022

Technical challenges, financing concerns and a lack of consensus over air traffic management best practices may push back regulatory timelines.

By Edwin Lopez • Nov. 28, 2018

To optimize fulfillment, logistics have to play along

In an ideal world, retailers could fulfill a single order in one shipment. What's holding supply chains back?

By Deborah Abrams Kaplan • Nov. 27, 2018

XPO integrates heavy goods last mile tracking with Google

The logistics provider says it's the first company to provide tracking of bulky deliveries directly through a Google search. 

By Shefali Kapadia • Nov. 27, 2018

USPS is a 'formidable opponent' to UPS, FedEx

Rate hikes will improve the Postal Service's financials, while adding costs to other last-mile delivery providers, analysts suggested.

By Shefali Kapadia • Nov. 20, 2018

FedEx adds 1K EVs to its fleet

The company's push for social commitment and higher operating efficiencies will in part be measured by the sustained economic value of the electric vehicles over the long term.

By Andy Burt • Nov. 20, 2018

As online grocery demand rises, grocers are scrambling to meet the challenge

The key is finding and understanding consumer needs and then matching them to the right fulfillment technology. 

By Jennifer Sweeney • Nov. 15, 2018

Walmart exploring delivery via driverless vehicle

The retail giant is teaming with Ford and Postmates to inch a little closer to the concept of a driverless vehicle delivering groceries to customer homes.

By Dan O'Shea • Nov. 15, 2018

To beat congestion, free up the curb for deliveries

A PwC report says the way to solve congestion in U.S. cities is repurposing existing structures and space into "staging areas" for supply chain and ride-share vehicles.

By Emma Cosgrove • Nov. 14, 2018

New York City's next big congestion challenge hides in plain sight

Crowd-sourced logistics gives average drivers a new way to make extra cash and presents an already bursting city with a new traffic menace.

By Emma Cosgrove • Nov. 12, 2018

An inside look at the impact of urban supply chain congestion

In a first-of-its-kind crossover, Smart Cities Dive and Supply Chain Dive collaborated to take a deeper look at how technologies are transforming gridlocks among trucking, rail, port and aviation operations.

By Kristin Musulin • Nov. 12, 2018

Planes, trains and automobiles: Transportation congestion by the numbers

For the average American congestion is an inconvenience, but for supply chains and the cities in which they operate it costs serious cash. 

By Kristin Musulin • Nov. 12, 2018

Amazon plans to hire thousands of seasonal delivery drivers

The move is another step by the e-commerce giant to obtain greater control over the last mile of its supply chain.

By Shefali Kapadia • Nov. 6, 2018

FedEx announces rate increase for 2019

Cost increases are on the horizon for shippers, as FedEx, UPS and USPS prepare to raise rates higher than typically expected.

By Edwin Lopez • Nov. 5, 2018

Package delivery robots coming to the Bay Area

Starship Technologies provides users with a custom address to use for online orders, receives packages and arranges a time for drop-off via robot. 

By Emma Cosgrove • Nov. 1, 2018

Pizza Hut unveils robotic delivery truck that bakes pizzas en route

The chain partnered with Toyota to create the PIE Pro prototype, which cooks pies in seven minutes and could help trim delivery times and broaden its footprint in the competitive space.  

By Kristine Sherred • Oct. 31, 2018

Venture capitalists are investing big in delivery, but will third parties last?

About $3.5 billion has been poured into food and grocery delivery firms this year, but restaurant brands are making inroads of their own. 

By Alicia Kelso • Oct. 29, 2018

UPS pilots eBike with cargo container in Seattle

The modular cargo container system is the first of its kind to be tested in the U.S.

By Shefali Kapadia • Oct. 26, 2018

Is Uber planning drone delivery by 2021?

The tech startup aims to deliver food by drone sooner than many stakeholders expect will be possible. 

By Emma Cosgrove • Oct. 22, 2018

JD.com to study underground logistics, fulfillment

Delivering parcels through subterranean networks could be an "industry game changer" in solving last-mile challenges.

By Shefali Kapadia • Oct. 19, 2018

Florida delivery issues jump 117% during Michael

The Category 4 storm brought activity to a standstill in the Florida panhandle, as ports closed and shipments were suspended.

By Shefali Kapadia • Oct. 16, 2018

Former Kellogg sub-distributors sue over logistics shift

Downstream partners claim Kellogg misrepresented its supply chain plans, and now the complaint is going to court.

By Edwin Lopez • Oct. 16, 2018