Cainiao expands last-mile deliveries to 1.8m potential customers in HK

Cainiao, Alibaba’s logistics arm, is systematically building logistics infrastructure across Asia and Europe as it looks to boost e-commerce deliveries. Today it announced it was building its first Post network outside ...

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News / FedEx introduces its own robot solution for last-mile deliveries

FedEx today launched its new cutting-edge robotic last-mile delivery solution – the FedEx SameDay Bot. It ...

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News / Local knowledge the key to successful final-mile delivery, says DHL

Local knowledge is key to successful e-commerce delivery, with cultural differences affecting consumer expectations. At last ...

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News / As e-commerce sales grow, 'free delivery' becomes more of a myth, says DHL

Ballooning urbanisation and the spread of smartphones has increased the complexity of last-mile logistics, according ...

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News / Kuehne + Nagel goes the final mile with Zebraxx partnership deal

Kuehne + Nagel is set to expand its capabilities in the final-mile delivery sector, signing ...

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News / Education the key to preventing dangerous links in e-commerce supply chains

Detection and prevention via education is the most effective way to prevent the transport of dangerous ...

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News / 3PLs forced to act as e-commerce bites deeper into traditional forwarding

3PLs are boosting their final-mile and ‘white glove’ services in Europe, as e-commerce makes greater ...

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Recommends / Carriers seriously thinking of taking last-mile deliveries in-house

The continued growth of e-commerce sales has led to a commensurate increase in last-mile deliveries to ...

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Recommends / The hidden cost of poor retail deliveries: £5,300 per lost customer

Interesting stats – although as part of a PR push – on how much retailers ...

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