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Consultancy firm AlixPartners has challenged whether the battle to deliver the fastest shipping is worth fighting, following Amazon’s move to free one-day shipping for Prime members from the two-day norm. The firm’s Home Delivery Shopping Survey this year…
Australian consumers largely prefer to use international online marketplaces, despite increasing investment by local retailers in the space, according to new data from discounts platform CupoNation. According to the data, four out of the top five most visited…
New data from Juniper Research predicts consumer interaction with chatbots in retail will reach 22 billion by 2023. The figure represents a sharp increase over an estimated 2.6 billion interactions this year. According to the new research report “AI in…
Chinese online retailer JD and Rakuten, the Japanese e-commerce firm, will collaborate on developing unmanned delivery solutions in Japan. According to a new agreement signed between JD and Rakuten, JD’s drones and autonomous delivery robots will be used in…
Hong Kong-based Kerry Logistics is expanding its e-commerce fulfillment capabilities through a joint venture with Asian e-commerce specialist E-Services Group. Their joint venture, Kerry ESG (HK) Company Limited, will combine Kerry Logistics’ global supply…
Logivan, a web platform that helps trucks connect with potential customers, said it has raised $5.5 million in the latest funding round. The investment comes from two Asian angel investors and Indonesian venture capitalist Alpha JWC Ventures. One of the angel…
Robotics and warehouse automation company GreyOrange announced plans for the installation of its newest Linear Sorters in several locations across Asia; in Saudi Arabia, India and the Philippines. Equipped with advanced software, these high-speed Linear…
Earlier this week, UPS heralded the most recent additions to its Marketplace Shipping offering, which it described as a technology solution that enables merchants to view, process, and ship orders from various e-commerce marketplaces and online stores through…
The Iran nuclear deal which took effect January 2016, known officially as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA), was implemented after United Nations inspectors said that Iran had dismantled a large portion of its nuclear programme. The Iranian…
The maritime industry and broader ocean supply chain are suffering from major and costly inefficiencies due to ineffective data sharing and poor cross-industry collaboration, according to a new report and industry survey released by the Business Performance…
UPS announced a new peak charge applicable during selected weeks in November and December 2017 for US residential, large packages and packages over maximum limits. The new charge is designed to enable UPS to continue to provide best-in-class value to…
CEOs of global shipping companies are operating in a complex environment where business, cultural and geopolitical issues come into play. There are many intertwining factors that the CEOs have to take into account when they make or condone strategic decisions…
Despite continuous losses for many years, Northern Shipping Joint Stock Company (Nosco, ticker NOS on UPCoM) attracts many investors due to its abundant land reserves. In 2016, Nosco earned a revenue of nearly VND131 billion ($5.76 million), which accounted…
The Philippine and Indonesian governments will launch next month a roll-on, roll-off shipping service that will link Davao and General Santos cities to Bitung City in Indonesia, an official of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said. Presidents…
Gravity Supply Chain, a developer of cloud-based apps that helps companies modernize the management of their global supply chains, released RTM (Route-to-Market), a new tile for its Transport app that provides up-to-date sailing schedules for over 50 major…
DHL Global Forwarding announced that Southco, a global source for engineered access hardware solutions, has chosen DHL once again as its sole global logistics provider. The company renewed their existing contract with DHL for another four years for a…
