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Matternet, DHL Move Forward With Tests on Drones Carrying Payloads

January 19, 2016

California-based drone manufacturer, Matternet, plus DHL's "parcelcopter" prototype unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), both plan to begin testing their airworthiness with actual payloads in the next two months.

Not Home? You Can Pick Up Your UPS Package at the Drugstore.

October 12, 2015

Bloomberg

In time for the holiday season, UPS is rolling out to 100 cities a program that requires people in some neighborhoods to fetch packages at nearby locations -- such as a druggist or dry cleaner -- if they weren't home to meet a driver.

Amazon Says Drone Delivery Would Be Safe - And All It Wants Is a Chance to Demonstrate That

April 29, 2015

Business Week

Amazon.com Inc. wants a chance to prove that a drone delivery service would be safer than the U.S. government thinks.

DHL Deploys Helicopters for Deliveries in Los Angeles

May 13, 2014

DHL

DHL has launched a helicopter service to provide early-morning delivery to several major banking customers in downtown Los Angeles.

There's a Right Way and a Wrong Way to Do Omnichannel Fulfillment

April 22, 2014

Apparel

For retailers who want to remain competitive in this shop-anytime-anywhere world, omnichannel fulfillment strategies must be done right, and done quickly. Significant new demands have been placed on retailers' supply chains. In omnichannel fulfillment, all the resources of the supply chain are focused on transparently serving a single shopper who has placed a single order.

Grand Junction Adds Task-Management to Local Delivery Software

February 24, 2014

Grand Junction Inc.

Grand Junction Inc. has added capability for collaborative task management to its cloud-based software platform in support of local delivery service.

Holiday Delivery Foul-up More the Fault of Retailers Than Carriers, Study Finds

January 15, 2014

Kurt Salmon

Widespread delays to Christmas deliveries made headlines over the holiday season. But while carriers like UPS and even FedEx were quick to apologize, a new study suggests they may be shouldering a disproportionate amount of the blame. Kurt Salmon found that the majority of delays experienced in their analysis of holiday shipping and delivery dates were the fault of retailers, not carriers.

Amazon's Decison to Deliver on Sunday Called a Retail Industry 'Game-changer'

November 20, 2013

Storefront Backtalk

Amazon's announcement of Sunday delivery effectively turned the traditional e-commerce world upside down. It truly is a game-changer, not only for online retailers but also for brick-and-mortar stores that are battling for their share of sales this holiday season.