Supply chain disruptions could hit Amazon 'Prime Day' retail extravaganza

Bringg raises $100m to reach unicorn valuation

Delivery and fulfilment cloud platform provider Bringg has raised $100 million in a Series E round led by Insight Partners, an American venture capital and private equity firm, bringing its value to ‘unicorn status’ $1 billion.

 

Hurricane Commerce supports Emirates Post’s e-commerce expansion strategy

Emirates Post has selected Hurricane Commerce as its data partner to support its global e-commerce expansion strategy.

 

Prime Vision and Solution Net Systems provide innovative sorting robots in the US

Dutch technology company Prime Vision has teamed up with U.S. warehouse automation technology specialist Solution Net Systems (SNS) to test sorting robots. 

 

HEMA improves omnichannel fulfilment with Blue Yonder technology

Dutch retail chain HEMA has digitally transformed its supply chain to improve omnichannel fulfilment with technology provider Blue Yonder.

 

SEKO selects Hurricane as global cross-border data partner

SEKO Logistics will rely on Hurricane Commerce’s IT solutions to help its customers achieve frictionless trade and manage critical events such as the US STOP Act and next month’s start of the EU’s Import One-Stop Shop (IOSS) scheme. 

 

BEUMER launches new pouch system for online fashion retailers

BEUMER Group has launched its own new BG Pouch System® in response to rapid growth of interest from omnichannel and D2C operators. 

 

Pitney Bowes launches ParcelPoint smart lockers

Pitney Bowes is expanding its lockers portfolio with the launch of ParcelPoint Smart Lockers, a new suite of robust, secure contactless locker solutions designed for business and academic locations. 

 

Quadient wins Pickup order for 1,500 lockers in France

Quadient has agreed a strategic deal with La Poste subsidiary Pickup, the largest out-of-home drop-off and pick-up network in France, for the roll-out of 1,500 parcel locker stations in local retail stores over three years. 

 

Poste Italiane orders 1,744 Opel Corsa-e electric cars

Opel has won a major order for 1,744 new all-electric Corsa-e cars from Poste Italiane which aims to reduce its fleet emissions significantly.

 

EasyPost ships one billion packages

Prime Vision offers Stamp Free digital postage solution

Siemens Logistics will upgrade Deutsche Post international postal centre

Metapack enables precise deliveries through what3words location technology

FarEye raises $100m to expand delivery management platform

Estafeta uses Open Pricer platform as volumes boom

ParcelLab raises $112m for growth

Swedish parcel locker operator Instabox acquires Dutch same-day firm Red je Pakketje

Vanderlande supplies sorting systems for new PostNord sites in Finland

Voltia delivers 30 Nissan e-vans to DPD Slovakia

InPost invests in Polish network

Panasonic buys Blue Yonder for $7.1bn

BringgGreen helps retailers cut CO2 emissions

ETrak selects Hurricane Commerce solution

Danes can return parcels through SwipBox parcel locker network

BEUMER buys majority stake in logistics technology start-up

Fives updates mobile robot sorter GENI-Ant

InPost launches label-free returns solution

Demand surges for Bringg’s Delivery Hub

InPost will install 60 more lockers at London public transport stations

Quadient offers residential lockers in France

Prime Vision integrates Hurricane Commerce cross-border data solutions

Arrival will make UPS electric vans in $41m Charlotte micro-factory

Beumer, T-Systems secure big Deutsche Post DHL contracts

Cleveron launches small parcel terminal for PUDOs and stores

Fives delivers DHL Malpensa sorting system

Tax refund company Global Blue acquires returns management platform ZigZag Global

MHS and HAI ROBOTICS offer “goods-to-person” robotic solutions in North America

Escher launches new Track & Trace and Last-Mile Delivery solutions

Quadient nearly doubles US parcel locker network surpassing 13,000 units worldwide in 2020

Lenton Group selects Hurricane Commerce’s Duty and Tax calculator for global shipments

DHL tests Volvo electric truck to cut emissions

Locus Robotics raises $150m in Series E funding

Royal Mail installs Trimble Telemetry for better driving and fewer emissions

Fives wins PostNord, DHL, Austrian Post contracts

Posten Norge drives ahead with MAN electric truck

MHS invests in new Kentucky production facility

Starship picks up $17m funding after 1 million deliveries

Zebra Technologies launches new mobile computer for couriers and other workers

Open Pricer digitalises Aramex pricing

 

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