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Amazon Rolls Out In-Car Delivery
Amazon Rolls Out In-Car Delivery
April 24, 2018  |  Retail

Months after delivering packages inside customers’ homes, Amazon begins delivering purchases inside customers’ cars.  The free service is only available to Prime members in certain cities...

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Package Lockers Gain Ground At Apartments
Package Lockers Gain Ground At Apartments
April 18, 2018  |  Delivery

Last mile? How about last few feet? The rise of the locker is a … lock. Amazon, of course, with heft and scale, has entered...

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Late Shipments, On The Last Mile, Recognized Before The Fact
Late Shipments, On The Last Mile, Recognized Before The Fact
April 04, 2018  |  Delivery

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...

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OpenPort’s Open Road To Digital Delivery Proof In Asia, Via Blockchain
OpenPort’s Open Road To Digital Delivery Proof In Asia, Via Blockchain
March 28, 2018  |  Delivery

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...

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 Digitizing The Last Mile In Real Time Via APIs
 Digitizing The Last Mile In Real Time Via APIs
February 22, 2018  |  Delivery

The “Amazon Effect” changes everything — from the way we look for goods to the window of time in which we expect to receive them....

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The Last Mile, With (Literal) Food For Thought
The Last Mile, With (Literal) Food For Thought
January 11, 2018  |  Delivery

It’s not the fall that kills you. It’s the landing, as they say. Similarly, it may not be the price or product that breaks the retailer...

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Lyft Partners With Amtrak So Users Can Book First, Last Legs Of Trip
Lyft Partners With Amtrak So Users Can Book First, Last Legs Of Trip
August 02, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Lyft and Amtrak are partnering up so that travelers can book a Lyft trip directly using Amtrak’s mobile app. According to Tech Crunch, the Lyft...

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Blockchain to Power Walmart Delivery Drone Service
Blockchain to Power Walmart Delivery Drone Service
June 01, 2017  |  Blockchain

A recent patent filing in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) reveals Walmart is working on a delivery drone service powered by blockchain...

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Topic TBD: Reaching The Great Unbanked Generation
Topic TBD: Reaching The Great Unbanked Generation
March 27, 2017  |  Retail

There is no shortage of attention paid to millennials. As the largest age cohort today at 83 million strong, they are hard to overlook. And...

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