In the last mile, in carrier we trust. That is, both the customer and the merchant must rely on a third party to get goods where they need to go. And no one likes late shipments. When things go awry, when packages go missing —...
Uber’s UberRUSH, the delivery package service for merchants operating in New York City, San Francisco and Chicago is shuttering, reported TechCrunch. The report, citing an email to customers, said Uber would be shutting down RUSH on June 30, 2018. “At Uber, we believe in making big...
Logistics, and the last mile, depend on documentation. The processes of finding where things are, where they’re headed and when they arrive are mired in paper. Inefficient handling of goods as they’re shipped, regardless of modality, can boost costs, lead to disputes between trading partners...
On-demand shipping startup Shyp has announced it is closing down, effective immediately. CEO Kevin Gibbon announced that the company would be shutting down in a blog post, titled “I Can’t Wait for You to See What We Do Next.” “In 2014, we launched Shyp to...
Shipping is a big deal in retail. The latest Omni Usage Report by PYMNTS and Vantiv noted that a quarter of consumers have cancelled a purchase because shipping was taking too long, while just as many have abandoned their cart upon learning that the retailer...
Shama Pagarkar, VP and Co-founder of JoyRun, and her family are big foodies, but food-delivery platforms haven’t always met their needs. For one, food-delivery platforms can come with steep fees, and they are not social, which isn’t always conducive to, say, an office setting. Whenever...
FedEx announced news on Monday (March 26) that it has reserved 20 Tesla semi-trucks, the fully electric trucks that are slated for production in 2019. In a press release, FedEx said the fleet will be operated by FedEx Freight. “FedEx has a long history of...
Cities around the world have many independent shops — butchers, bakers, cheesemongers and the like. But what they don’t always have is a platform geared toward small food businesses for order delivery and pickup. Chris Edwards, who lives in the U.K., realized this often-unmet need....
In the days following HelloFresh’s acquisition of the organic and vegan food delivery company Green Chef, other health-based meal kit delivery services are finding hope that there’s a strong market for their offerings — as well as plenty of room for them to find their...
