Hints and tips:
...There are now 55 such locations across the US, according to logistics analyst Marc Wulfraat. Other initiatives are more customer facing....
...After such strong reads from the first two releases (three if we count Russia’s Sputnik V), the disappointing AZN figures were perhaps bound to prompt downward pressure on the company’s shares....
...The department said the aim was to ensure that the NHS had access to next-day delivery on small consignments, including temperature-controlled or hazardous products, 48-hour delivery for larger loads, and...
...UPS and FedEx have a collective enterprise value of nearly $200bn, after the sector essentially consolidated into a duopoly....
...The latest, Alibaba-backed Best Inc, was forced to halve its fundraising ambitions from $1bn to $450m in the face of weak demand....
...Two logistics companies have pulled off a rare cross-border deal between a mainland China and Hong Kong start-up, and consolidated two of Chinese tech group Alibaba’s investments in the process....
...In launching its quest for global logistics dominance and establishing a consolidated and automated supply chain, Amazon is well-placed to challenge Alibaba for an increased share of the international e-commerce...
...Online shopping is about shipping Leslie Hook has visited an Amazon distribution centre in Tracy, California to get the lowdown on a company pushing logistics to its limits with same-day and one-hour delivery...
...“We’re software, not logistics.” The prospect of affordable same-day delivery from companies such as eBay and Amazon has been forecast as another nail in the high street’s coffin....
...Logistics and freight companies are a bellwether of world trade and the underlying economy....
...“Convoy” may have been the first and only song about logistics that made it to the top of the US pop charts....
...Consolidated revenue in 2008 was $15.3bn....
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