E-commerce companies are changing the landscape of retail. In the past, consumers had to make weekly trips to brick-and-mortar stores to purchase essentials. Now we can buy everything from groceries to medicine to pet food online and have them delivered to our doorsteps. But online retailers are no longer satisfied only with helping consumers bypass …
Amazon has already done more than its fair share of innovating in the e-commerce and distribution industries. Now it’s also trying to muscle in on territory currently dominated by delivery companies like UPS and FedEx. With Amazon “Flex,” the company wants to take control of delivering orders directly to customers’ doors. Trial Program Amazon …
2017 has been a bad year for traditional retail. Established firms like The Limited and hhgregg disappeared. Many of these jobs moved out of stores and into e-commerce warehouses. But clothing and gadgets aren’t the only products people are now more likely to buy online. The rise of grocery delivery services is having a big …
Last year we wrote about self-driving vehicles in the distribution industry. Since then the technology has advanced by leaps and bounds. Autonomous vehicles of all kinds are now sharing the roads with us. And the odds that you’ll pass one during your daily commute are rising all the time. But what about the news reports we’ve …
As of 2015, there had been 628 reports of cargo theft in the United States. This accounts for an astonishing $27.87 Million in stolen value. For this reason, many transportation business owners have an interest in preventing cargo theft to increase their revenues. The following list provides useful strategies which would reduce the amount of …
Internet Purchases have become one of the primary ways consumers shop. This fact is having a drastic effect on the trucking industry. In an attempt to tap into this huge market, many trucking companies are requiring their drivers to transport and deliver consumer products instead of their normal cargo. The Problem The problem with big …
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