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Look out, UPS and FedEx? Amazon filing cites ‘intense competition’ in transportation and logistics

Amazon continues to pour billions into its growing shipping operations, an area where the company says it is facing “intense… Read More

FedEx execs not concerned about Amazon’s growing shipping and delivery ambitions

FedEx doesn’t see Amazon as a major threat, even as the tech giant plows major resources into expanding its shipping… Read More

Amazon to offer free holiday shipping, temporarily ending $25 minimum for non-Prime members

Amazon says it will offer free holiday shipping to all of its customers on hundreds of millions of items, a… Read More

New ‘Amazon Day’ delivery option lets customers pick which days packages will arrive

Amazon has come up with another option for its customers to get packages delivered. A new concept rolling out slowly… Read More

Fir real? Amazon cuts further into holiday tradition and will ship 7-foot-tall Christmas trees this season

One of the things I love most about Christmas every year is the ritual of picking out the right tree… Read More

Amazon shipping ‘SmileCodes’ on some boxes to give customers creative cardboard projects

Depending on how much stuff you order from Amazon, there’s probably a fair amount of cardboard coming into your house… Read More

eBay turns to augmented reality in its app to help sellers select the best box to ship an item

We’ve been waiting for a big tech company to think outside the box when it comes to the best fit… Read More

Photos: 4 massive container cranes arrive in Washington’s Puget Sound by ship

Four unusual seafarers are arriving in Washington’s Puget Sound today after a long journey from China. At 434 feet tall… Read More

Trump: U.S. Postal Service is making Amazon richer, should be charging tech giant ‘MUCH MORE!’

President Trump is targeting Amazon again, tweeting this morning that the U.S. Postal Service should be charging the e-commerce giant… Read More

Home Depot reportedly considers acquisition of shipping company XPO to fend off Amazon

Home Depot has considered acquiring shipping company XPO Logistics, according to a report from Recode, in part to keep it… Read More

Amazon poised to spend a record $7B on shipping this holiday quarter

To fully appreciate the way online shopping is transforming the economy, look at how much Amazon spends to put packages on… Read More

Amazon launches Relay app to help truckers get into and out of its warehouses faster

Amazon is looking to speed up the process for trucks to get in and out of its massive warehouses with… Read More

Seattle shipping tech company ShipRush acquired for $14M by Canadian logistics software firm

Canadian logistics software company Descartes Systems Group has acquired ShipRush, a Seattle company that helps small and medium-sized companies and… Read More

Flexe launches nationwide next-day delivery service to help e-commerce companies take on Amazon

Flexe, a Seattle startup that offers a marketplace for warehouse space, announced Thursday a new next-day delivery service, which the company… Read More

Amazon reduces free-shipping threshold for non-Prime members again, down to $25

Amazon has dropped the threshold for free shipping for non-Prime members to orders of $25 or more, down from a $35… Read More

Amazon quietly reduces free shipping minimum back to $35/order for non-Prime members

Facing new competition from Walmart’s free shipping program, Amazon has reverted to a minimum order of $35 for people who aren’t members… Read More

UPS testing drones that launch from trucks to shave delivery times in rural areas

Using drones to deliver packages doesn’t need to eliminate delivery drivers’ jobs. Under a new system tested by UPS this… Read More

Report: Faster deliveries open the market for tech startups to reshape the logistics industry

If you live in a city, chances are you’ve had packages delivered hours after you ordered them online. Same-day or… Read More

Amazon sails into ocean freight business, expanding retail giant’s role in shipping

Amazon has successfully begun shipping goods from Chinese merchants to U.S. warehouses by ocean, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.… Read More

Shipping-simplifier Globatom scores new investment and execs, and goes all in with Microsoft Azure

Globatom, a software-as-a-service startup aimed at improving the process of shipping goods, has overhauled its executive team, received new venture… Read More

Shipping firm Matson abandons its data centers for Amazon Web Services

Matson, a Honolulu-based shipping firm with 22 vessels serving Micronesia, the South Pacific and North America, has closed its four… Read More

Startup Spotlight: How an ice cream operation led to international shipping marketplace Fleet

Like a true entrepreneur, Max Lock is always looking for the next big thing. He had his ear to the… Read More

Amazon shelling out record sums for shipping in push for faster delivery

Amazon’s net shipping costs soared to nearly $1.75 billion in the third quarter, the second-highest quarterly total in the company’s history and… Read More

FAA wants to fine Amazon $350K for shipping ‘Liquid Fire’

In late 2014 Amazon shipped a product called “Amazing! LIQUID FIRE” by air and — as you might’ve guessed —… Read More

Podcast

Q&A: Convoy CEO Dan Lewis on lessons learned from Amazon, and disrupting the trucking industry

In a little more than a year, on-demand trucking startup Convoy has raised nearly $19 million from a high-profile group of investors.… Read More

Amazon expands free same-day delivery to 11 mid-sized cities, increases coverage in existing metro markets

Amazon continues to increase the value of its Prime membership, this time expanding its network of free same-day delivery options… Read More

Amazon opens new fulfillment center near Seattle, in broader expansion of its delivery network

Amazon’s giant 800,000 square-foot fulfillment center in Kent, WA. is open for business. The location, which Amazon plans to fill… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Globatom’s software streamlines commercial shipping

After half a decade working in logistics for Office Depot, Dan Acosta grew frustrated with long supply chain lead times.… Read More

Amazon’s net shipping costs top $5B for first time, fueling push to build out its own delivery network

Amazon’s net shipping costs reached an all-time high of $1.85 billion during the fourth quarter of 2015 and surpassed $5 billion… Read More

Prime price hike pays off for Amazon, narrowing the gap on shipping costs

Amazon’s decision last year to boost the annual price of an Amazon Prime membership is helping the company’s bottom line by… Read More