Amazon hires 100K, opens up 75K additional roles as COVID-19 surges demand

E-commerce has boomed as consumers worldwide practice social distancing and self-quarantining, leading e-tailers to amp up their supply chains to cope.

By Shefali Kapadia • Updated April 13, 2020

Warehousing sector well-positioned to weather coronavirus disruption, report finds

Prologis predicts there could be greater demand for logistics real estate once a post-outbreak surge kicks in.

By Morgan Forde • March 17, 2020

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Retail Supply Chains

Retailers are making operational investments and adjustments to maintain supply chain resilience. Here’s how.

By Supply Chain Dive staff

IGA looks to China operations for coronavirus guidance

Chinese supermarkets stretched to the limit by the crisis offer a glimpse of the challenges and solutions that grocers in the U.S. face.

By Sam Silverstein • March 16, 2020

Dollar General to double fresh distribution assets in 2020

After the first year of building capacity, the retailer is seeing the returns it was looking for in taking on the difficult and asset-heavy task of insourcing fresh and frozen distribution. 

By Emma Cosgrove • March 13, 2020

Patent Pending: Walmart's plan for reducing empty miles

Supply chain innovators apply to patent what they see as important tools for the future. Sometimes they're brilliant. Sometimes they're funny.

By Matt Leonard • March 13, 2020

Airfreight rates from China to US climb 27% in 2 weeks as demand surpasses capacity

Flight cancellations out of China have removed 5,100 tons of capacity from China per day on average, which has led to a 36% year-over-year decline in total airfreight capacity out of mainland China.

By Matt Leonard • March 12, 2020

UPS taps former Home Depot CFO Carol Tomé to succeed David Abney as CEO

Tomé will be UPS' twelfth CEO in its 113-year history and the first woman to hold the position​.

By Morgan Forde • March 12, 2020

3 ways to manage coronavirus risk in the supply chain

Even as China operations come back online, the risk to global supply chains is far from over, panelists said at Modex as they offered tips to mitigate challenges.

By Shefali Kapadia • March 11, 2020

XPO to acquire majority of Kuehne + Nagel's UK logistics assets

The deal gives XPO access to 75 of Kuehne + Nagel’s 83 logistics facilities in the country and a blue chip customer base in the e-commerce, technology, and food and beverage industries.

By Morgan Forde • March 10, 2020

Logistics Manager's Index reaches historic low

The sector remains in growth territory, but at the slowest rate recorded since 2016. Can it wait out slowdowns from the coronavirus outbreak?

By Morgan Forde • March 5, 2020

H&M pilots supply chain service Treadler to improve industry sustainability

Treadler aims to guide smaller clothing brands through sustainable product development, sourcing, production and logistics. 

By S.L. Fuller • March 4, 2020

Coronavirus-driven online order spikes challenge grocery supply chains

Amazon Fresh and Prime Now have experienced significant delivery delays, while Instacart’s sales growth rate has increased tenfold over the past three days.

By Jeff Wells • March 3, 2020

Amazon launches faster same-day delivery with mini-fulfillment centers

The new centers will enable fulfillment, sortation and delivery under one roof, allowing Amazon to bypass the traditional middle-mile journey, a spokesperson said. 

By S.L. Fuller • March 3, 2020

Execs say in-house logistics made JD.com more nimble in coronavirus response

JD has created an internal task force to manage the crisis response, deployed human and autonomous capacity to facilitate the delivery of crucial supplies and waived fees for some suppliers and sellers on the JD.com site.

By Emma Cosgrove • March 3, 2020

FedEx adds on-demand customs brokerage to Freightos

The partnership includes new digital services for multi-modal rate management and sales; air pricing, quoting and ebooking; and customs brokerage.

By S.L. Fuller • Feb. 28, 2020

Wayfair is all in on logistics

Executives insist 2020 is the year Wayfair's logistics investments will show their worth.

By Emma Cosgrove • Feb. 28, 2020

China manufacturing hubs face greatest risk from sea-level rise: report

The Pearl River Delta is home to large automotive, petrochemical and electronics manufacturing operations and the region single-handedly generates 3.8% of global wealth.

By Matt Leonard • Feb. 26, 2020

Ports of LA, Long Beach agree to jointly tackle pain point: visibility

The ports plan to involve stakeholders from shipping lines, cargo owners and drayage to address issues related to gate velocity, cargo predictability and chassis availability. 

By S.L. Fuller • Feb. 26, 2020

Home Depot opened a dozen last-mile facilities with more than 100 to come

Home Depot's multiyear $1.2 billion supply chain upgrade that includes dozens of new facilities is "just getting going," said CEO Craig Menear. 

By Emma Cosgrove • Feb. 26, 2020

UPS to spend $216M on expansion at Memphis airport

FedEx filed for its own $212 million expansion in Memphis in October.

By S.L. Fuller • Feb. 25, 2020

Coronavirus: A lesson in supply chain risk management

Companies are finding workarounds as COVID-19 cases and heightened e-commerce demand continue to disrupt supply chains.

By Matt Leonard • Updated June 21, 2022

Maersk expands US warehousing network with $545M acquisition

The move supports the carrier's goal of transporting customer goods "from factory floor to store door," and increasing its end-to-end service market share in North America.

By Morgan Forde • Updated April 2, 2020

Jeff Bezos commits $10B to climate. How should he spend it?

The fund created by Bezos will be separate from Amazon's efforts, which has committed to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.

By Catherine Morehouse • Feb. 19, 2020

With the promise of faster speed, inventory moves closer to consumers

Amazon could deliver nearly everything to the lower 48 states within two days by air freight. The decision to offer one-day shipping changed the equation. 

By Matt Leonard • Feb. 18, 2020

Rent the Runway taps former Amazon exec as Chief Supply Chain Officer

Brian Donato comes to Rent the Runway from an indoor farming startup and before that, he worked at Amazon for seven years in operational roles related to returns and fulfillment. 

By Shefali Kapadia • Feb. 13, 2020