Shipping costs have traditionally been taken for granted as an expense the buyer needed to bear. In consumer markets, that presumption has fallen by the wayside. In the wake of the pandemic, the shift to delivery from in-store shopping proved persistent, and free shipping has...
Today in the connected economy, Instacart tries to boost revenues by offering ad solutions to the brands using its service, while Citi and ExxonMobil expand their credit card relationship. Also, Latin American super app Rappi expands its relationship with dLocal, and Block’s purchase of Afterpay...
If the pandemic has shone a light on anything, it’s that logistics and shipping, the middle mile and the last mile, haven’t exactly kept pace with the heady rise of eCommerce. In fact, the digital age has a last-mile problem — and a middle-mile problem,...
Tech-based national shipping carrier X Delivery — which has grown its monthly revenue ten-fold over the last year — has recently expanded the Texas-based company’s leadership team, according to a Monday (Nov. 8) press release. The shipper of direct-to-consumer eCommerce goods added Mark Lavelle as...
February 01, 2022
If the pandemic has shone a light on anything, it’s that logistics and shipping, the middle mile and the last mile, haven’t exactly kept pace with the heady rise of eCommerce. In fact, the digital age has a last-mile problem — and a middle-mile problem, too. Mark Lavelle, CEO of eCommerce shipping platform X Delivery, […]
November 08, 2021
Tech-based national shipping carrier X Delivery — which has grown its monthly revenue ten-fold over the last year — has recently expanded the Texas-based company’s leadership team, according to a Monday (Nov. 8) press release. The shipper of direct-to-consumer eCommerce goods added Mark Lavelle as its CEO, while founder and former CEO Chris Guggenheim takes […]
