Amazon is further expanding its delivery business with the official rollout of Amazon Shipping, a service for sellers that picks up items directly from their warehouses and delivers them to… Read More
Amazon added warehouse space faster than it ultimately needed in response to the challenges of the pandemic, outpacing consumer sales and resulting in an extra $2 billion in costs in… Read More
UPS’ drone subsidiary and the CVS pharmacy chain say they’ll start delivering prescription medicines to the nation’s largest retirement community next month, using Matternet’s M2 drone delivery system. The service,… Read More
Amazon is coming for couriers. The Seattle tech giant is now delivering 50 percent of packages itself, according to Morgan Stanley estimates spotted by CNBC. Analysts estimate Amazon Logistics will… Read More
UPS says its drone delivery subsidiary, UPS Flight Forward, has received certification from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate as the nation’s first full-fledged drone airline. “This is history in… Read More
Amazon’s first quarter earnings report last week presented analysts and investors with a financial mystery. The company’s profits were much higher than expected, an operating margin of 7.4 percent, almost… Read More
Amazon continues to pour billions into its growing shipping operations, an area where the company says it is facing “intense competition.” Amazon listed “transportation and logistics services” as a business… Read More
More than a century ago, the company now known as UPS started as a simple courier service in Seattle. A handful of messengers would deliver packages by bicycle and by… Read More
Amazon has a new idea for anyone who has ever dreamed of owning and running a small business, but was daunted by the hurdles, or didn’t know where to start:… Read More
“I’m keenly interested in establishing myself in this program.” “I am a disabled combat veteran and I’m interested in Amazon’s Last Mile Delivery Program.” “This is going to be a… Read More
Amazon is on the verge of rolling out a new delivery service that will compete with carriers like FedEx and UPS, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.… Read More
Amazon is testing an expansion of its delivery operations, including overseeing pickup and delivery of items from third-party seller warehouses to customers, possibly taking over some of the functions of… Read More
Using drones to deliver packages doesn’t need to eliminate delivery drivers’ jobs. Under a new system tested by UPS this week, drones could help speed up a delivery driver’s route… Read More
The amount of money that Amazon lost on shipping — a.k.a. the net cost of landing all those brown boxes on your doorstep in record time — reached an all-time high of nearly… Read More
Amazon has successfully begun shipping goods from Chinese merchants to U.S. warehouses by ocean, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The move into the business is part of the retail giant’s… Read More
Amazon’s net shipping costs soared to nearly $1.75 billion in the third quarter, the second-highest quarterly total in the company’s history and the highest ever outside of the peak holiday season, according to… Read More
In late 2014 Amazon shipped a product called “Amazing! LIQUID FIRE” by air and — as you might’ve guessed — it went terribly wrong. The corrosive drain cleaner leaked, injuring… Read More
FedEx and UPS consider Amazon a customer rather than a competitor. But how large of a distribution network does Amazon need to build before the designation changes? Amazon said in a… Read More
Despite Amazon’s dismissal of the speculation that the company plans to compete directly with UPS and Fedex, Bloomberg says it has seen documents that show the Web retailer plans to… Read More
A year ago, shoppers were frustrated when packages did not arrive in time for Christmas as promised. Retailers and delivery giants couldn’t keep up after extreme weather and a last-minute surge in shopping… Read More
Last night’s GeekWire Awards in Seattle celebrated the top technologies, people and companies in the Pacific Northwest in 2014 — but we started by putting everything in a much broader historical context.… Read More
Amazon is investigating the possibility of using its own trucks to transport packages to users, according to a report today from the Wall Street Journal. The company is testing its… Read More
Shares of MicroVision jumped more than 15 percent in early morning trading after the Redmond company inked a deal with shipping giant UPS. MicroVision said that UPS has agreed to… Read More
Didn’t get what you expected under the tree? It’s probably marooned in a package delivery center. Following widespread complaints about absent packages, Amazon says it is refunding shipping charges and offering… Read More
Amazon isn’t the only company with its eyes on drone-powered delivery, it seems. According to a new report by The Verge, UPS is also exploring its options for a fleet… Read More
Ron Wiener is back in the package delivery business. The Seattle entrepreneur who previously founded Earth Class Mail today is taking the wraps off his latest company: EquaShip. The upstart… Read More
