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E-commerce is expected to help seasonal hiring for gig roles surge by 20% this festival season: reports
The top gig roles that have been witnessing increased hiring are delivery executives, warehouse wor…
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Neom suffers another setback with delay to $10 billion transport venture
Neom's $10 billion joint venture with Danish transport company DSV has been delayed by missing regu…
Beatrice Nolan
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Transportation and logistics companies are betting their business models on 5G amid cost, infrastructure, and adoption challenges
5G delivers new capabilities to transportation and logistics industries, with many companies bettin…
Nicholas Fearn
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Shanghai is finally lifting its lockdown after 7 weeks. The global economy has yet to feel its full impact, experts warn.
The tough restrictions hit businesses in the manufacturing and commercial hub of Shanghai, not to m…
Abby Wallace
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Tech funding may be slowing, but VCs are still sweet on supply chain tech. Here are 5 pitch decks that won over investors in the last year.
Supply chain tech VC funding is pacing to land somewhere above 2020's $38 billion, but below 2021's…
Emma Cosgrove
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Amazon says it will ship more packages than UPS and FedEx by 2022 at the latest
Amazon has been amassing a logistics empire over the past decade, and is now on track to surpass it…
Avery Hartmans
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Subway Australia could transport its sandwich ingredients by plane if the supply chain crisis keeps getting worse
A Subway exec said using planes to transport food would be a "last resort" as supply chain workers …
Grace Dean
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DHL and Kuehne+Nagel suspend services to Russia, further weakening Russia's ability to send and receive goods
The two joined other major US freight firms FedEx and UPS, who restricted services to the Russian F…
Stephen Jones
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A cargo ship carrying thousands of cars, including Porsches, Audis, and Bentleys, has sunk in the Atlantic
The Felicity Ace caught fire last month while transporting nearly 4,000 Volkswagens, Porsches, Lamb…
Tim Levin
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Survey suggests majority of Americans say concerns over charging logistics kept them from buying an electric car
Americans also said cost and range anxiety could deter them from buying an electric car, according …
Grace Kay
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UPS CEO Carol Tomé aced the crucial holiday delivery test but an even bigger challenge is coming her way
UPS's contract with its drivers' union is up in 2023, dealing a major wild card to the CEO and her …
Emma Cosgrove
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Videos show LA train lines strewn with thousands of looted packages as thieves raid unattended containers
Thieves are taking advantage of slow-moving and stopped container trains and easy to cut locks to s…
Mia Jankowicz
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China's Covid flare-ups and lockdowns are disrupting port and chip factory operations, hitting the supply chain — again
Partial lockdowns have hit the Port of Ningbo, as well as Samsung and Micron's chip factories in Xi…
Huileng Tan
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The cost of just-keep-it refunds could tick up to $4.4 billion for 2021 as retailers like Amazon and Target face record-high holiday returns
Ecommerce customers return products at two to three times the rate of in-store shoppers, leading so…
Dominick Reuter
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UPS says it's processing a record number of returns as 1 in 4 Americans plan to ship stuff back to sellers after the holidays
Following a holiday season of record high e-commerce sales, the volume of merchandise being sent in…
Dominick Reuter
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Source locally and stretch inventory: here's how retailers can prepare for supply chain issues in the new year, say experts
The supply chain crisis is expected to persist deep into the new year but retailers can take severa…
Zahra Tayeb
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The US Postal Service is getting hit by Omicron after it survived the holiday season by enlisting tens of thousands of workers
The US Postal Service said holiday deliveries were on time after major delays in 2020. But the surg…
Avery Hartmans
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FedEx leaders say a major turning point is coming soon. Here's why the stakes have never been higher.
FedEx has been struggling to make its deliveries on time for months. And it's been struggling to tu…
Emma Cosgrove
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The shipping crisis has gotten so bad that some companies are chartering air cargo planes for $2 million or more for a single flight
Seeking to avoid the shipping crisis, desperate retailers are chartering planes for up to $2 millio…
Insider Inc.
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A major trucking company is paying nearly $10 million in holiday bonuses to its drivers and technicians
The holiday bonuses will be handed out to drivers, maintenance technicians, and other full-time hou…