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Google Gets Into Groceries by Partnering With France's Carrefour for Online Food Delivery
As online ordering and fresh food delivery expands around the globe, Google is angling for a stake. The Alphabet subsidiary announced a joint venture this week with French chain Carrefour, making it the first retailer in France to partner with Google.
What Americans Say About Online Shopping Reveals A Lot About Amazon
On a cold December night last year, a meeting was called in the lobby of my apartment building. Concerned residents gathered to discuss a matter of great import: what to do about the swarms of packages jamming the lobby closet and overflowing into the entryway.
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Happy Anniversary, Amazon-Whole Foods. What’s Changed?
One year ago this week, Amazon.com Inc. loudly declared its intention to become a grocery industry heavyweight by announcing its agreement to buy Whole Foods Market.
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Here Come the Flying Taxis!
And now, in the latest transition from science fiction to reality: the coming of “flying taxis.”
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Truck Orders Soaring on Growing Freight Demand
The market for new heavy-duty trucks is growing at a nearly unprecedented pace this year as fleet owners and big-rig manufacturers race to keep up with accelerating U.S. freight demand.
Logistics Hiring Surged in May on Growing Freight Demand
Logistics and freight transport companies went on a hiring spree in May, adding 18,700 jobs to keep pace with accelerating demand in the U.S. shipping markets.
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When Will the Drones Start Flying?
Look, up in the sky: See any drones yet?
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UPS Really Doesn’t Want to Ship Your Refrigerator With Your Socks
United Parcel Service Inc. jacked up fees by 30 percent to $650 for the largest items it delivers to discourage shippers from putting kayaks, refrigerators and other oversize items into a network meant for smaller parcels.
The U.S. Doesn’t Have Enough Truckers, and It’s Starting to Cause Prices of About Everything to Rise
Joyce Brenny, chief executive of Brenny Transportation in Minnesota, gave her truck drivers a 15 percent raise this year, but she still can't find enough workers for a job that now pays $80,000 a year.
Analysis: Traditional Packaging Fails for E-Commerce
Using traditional product packaging in e-commerce can hurt the bottom line. For many companies, the practice triggers unnecessary, counterproductive costs several percent of their total cost of goods sold (COGS).
Trump Personally Pushed Postmaster General to Double Rates on Amazon, Other Firms
President Trump has personally pushed U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan to double the rate the Postal Service charges Amazon.com and other firms to ship packages, according to three people familiar with their conversations, a dramatic move that probably would cost these companies billions of dollars.
Trump Said Amazon Cost the USPS ‘Billions.’ But the Post Office Has a Different Explanation.
The U.S. Postal Service says that its large financial losses are caused by market forces and governmental constraints but not Amazon.com, in a release of its quarterly statistics that stood in contrast to pointed statements made by President Trump.
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