No one is questioning Amazon’s dominance this Holiday season, as it made record breaking sales. According to the New York Times, Amazon ploughed through 2015 with astounding sales figures. Here are some of the estimates: Approximately 51 cents of every dollar spent online went to Amazon. Of the $94 billion in industry growth, Amazon took […]
According to digitaltrends(dot)com, this year, over 900 million dollars of Black Friday sales came from smartphones and tablets. In fact, “Smartphones and tablets accounted for 36.1 percent of e-commerce orders on Black Friday, up from 30.3 percent on Black Friday last year.”* Online, Amazon ruled Black Friday. However, the extent of that reach is more […]
December 1, 2015—Leaders in the House and Senate are reported to have reached an agreement regarding “new long-term surface transportation in the form of a bicameral, bipartisan agreement Conference Report for the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.” The current federal surface transportation is going to expire on Dec. 4, making this news particularly timely. […]
Drones are coming to a city near you. First Amazon, now Walmart has applied for a license to test drones so that they can operate commercially. Due to increasing online orders, Walmart is seeking to streamline the order fulfillment process. Drones can help Walmart deliver orders faster, take stock of inventory, assist with its grocery […]
Global Logistics Media did this survey, here are the results: http://www.globallogisticsmedia.com/articles/view/most-preferred-carrier-survey-2015
UPS has expanded its presence in the domestic brokerage market with its $1.8 billion acquisition of third party provider Coyote Logistics. UPS now offers U.S. truckload, less-than-truckload, and other brokerage services. The new combined customer base will benefit from a portfolio of seamless supply chain solutions, with Coyote being run as a subsidiary of UPS. […]
