Cigo says it wants to help an increasingly cashless society tip delivery drivers. To that end, the software company announced Monday (April 15) that it had added a digital tipping feature to Cigo Tracker, its logistic software application for last-mile delivery. “Ridesharing and restaurant industries have facilitated in-app...
Amazon’s $1 billion Industrial Innovation Fund is ramping up investments in companies that combine artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. The company will focus on this area during the current year in a move to drive efficiencies across its logisticsnetwork, Franziska Bossart, head of the corporate...
The engine of modern life whirrs mostly in the background, powering conveniences unimaginable decades ago. But that doesn’t mean the engine runs uninterrupted. Last-mile delivery has long been a persistent problem in the logistics industry. The fragmented nature of the space, coupled with the diverse...
Delivery platform Deliveright has teamed with website building platform Wix to simplify heavy goods shipping for Wix merchants. The partnership, announced Monday (Feb. 5), lets Wix merchants tap into automation to manage each stage of fulfillment with shipping quotes for shoppers’ various service needs. “In today’s economy,...
September 22, 2023
Wall Street’s focus on FedEx has been trained on cost cutting, and as we profiled here in the immediate wake of earnings, investors have cheered the efforts, pushing the shares higher. But the latest earnings results also show that, despite a series of sequential monthly improvements, there still remains pressure on package volumes across several key […]
January 10, 2023
Job cuts and slowing growth aside, Amazon’s payments ubiquity march — reaching well beyond its own platform — continues unabated. By making Buy With Prime available to a greater swath of...
October 18, 2022
Headed into the holiday season and well beyond, the freight industry and the ongoing overhaul and modernization of supply chains and the middle and last miles are top of mind....
October 18, 2022
The middle mile and the last mile are getting a high-tech makeover. In a panel moderated by Jay Darnell, vice president, head of B2B partnerships at Visa Business, SmartHop Co-founder...
June 05, 2024
OneRail has acquired Orderbot, saying the combination creates “a new era of streamlined omnichannel fulfillment.” The deal adds Orderbot’s inventory and order management capabilities to OneRail’s last-mile operating system and delivery network, the companies said in a Wednesday (June 5) press release. “Integrating Orderbot into OneRail provides our clients with a unified solution, which optimizes […]
April 15, 2024
Cigo says it wants to help an increasingly cashless society tip delivery drivers. To that end, the software company announced Monday (April 15) that it had added a digital tipping feature to Cigo...
February 28, 2024
Amazon’s $1 billion Industrial Innovation Fund is ramping up investments in companies that combine artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. The company will focus on this area during the current year...
February 05, 2024
Delivery platform Deliveright has teamed with website building platform Wix to simplify heavy goods shipping for Wix merchants. The partnership, announced Monday (Feb. 5), lets Wix merchants tap into automation to manage...
