Walgreens is rolling out a nationwide next-day prescription-delivery service to fend off competition from Amazon and numerous venture capital-backed startups.

Once considered a premium option — assuming it was available at all — same-day service is now the standard for many e-commerce shoppers.

Customers increasingly wonder: We have instant delivery for pizza and Chinese food. So why not porch swings and power tools?

Sometimes it’s hard to keep faith when it comes to technology's promise in the logistics industry and to its customers.

Amazon.com is asking small-business owners to help deliver its goods, seeking to reduce its reliance on the U.S. Postal Service and other major delivery services as the number of packages it ships continues to climb.

Package-delivery companies are bracing for their busiest week of the holiday season, and one with less room for error.

Target Corp. plans to boost its same-day delivery capability by paying $550m for Shipt Inc., its latest move to try to catch up with Amazon.com Inc.

UPS is testing a depot-to-door delivery system in central London. The Low Impact City Logistics project will reduce traffic congestion and emissions associated with urban package delivery by using a power-assisted delivery trailer. If successful, it could change the way packages are delivered in cities in the U.K.