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Amazon blinks as transport costs surge and pushes use of collection points

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News / USPS privatisation would change the dynamics of rocky US final-mile landscape

News / As peak looms amid tight capacity, Walmart launches third-party deliveries

News / Rising haulage rates and declining service levels prompt US forwarder itchiness

News / Sustainability, and profitability, in the costly territory that is the 'final mile'

News / Blockchain may facilitate the 'new normal' of contactless parcel delivery

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Liability concerns over delivery keep China's cold chain fragmented

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Amazon blinks as transport costs surge and pushes use of collection points

final mile Headlines

News / USPS privatisation would change the dynamics of rocky US final-mile landscape

News / As peak looms amid tight capacity, Walmart launches third-party deliveries

News / Rising haulage rates and declining service levels prompt US forwarder itchiness

News / Sustainability, and profitability, in the costly territory that is the 'final mile'

News / Blockchain may facilitate the 'new normal' of contactless parcel delivery

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Liability concerns over delivery keep China's cold chain fragmented

Online food market may not provide the tasty results operators expect

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