Shipping

Wal-Mart sure is trying to be more like rival Amazon.com in an effort to to improve its weak sales trends. The world's largest retailer is testing a two-day shipping subscription service called ShoppingPass that mirrors Amazon's successful Prime service, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Members to ShoppingPass reportedly will get free, two-day…

Amazon.com will lease 20 cargo planes from Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, a deal that will double the size of the tech and retail giant’s emerging air force and could give it a sizable stake in a second air-freight company. The move comes just a few months after Amazon struck a similar deal with Air Cargo Transport…

In its ongoing efforts to merge, FedEx and TNT Express jointly announced last Friday the unconditional approval of the Ministry of Commerce People’s Republic of China. After winning approvals in the United States (November 2015), EU (January 2016) and Brazil (February 2016), China was the last major regulatory hurdle for FedEx to gain in its…

Before the rise of e-commerce, the intricacies of a complex global supply chain were mostly hidden from the consumer. Products appeared on store shelves and in the pages of catalogs seemingly by magic; the very appearance of a mail-order package on a doorstep was considered impressive in and of itself. Not so today. With each…

In the shadow of Greenwich’s 02 Arena — the futuristic dome originally built as London’s showpiece for the Millennium — what looks like a picnic cooler on wheels zips among groups of gawking children. This little delivery robot, designed to autonomously navigate sidewalks, not roads, later this year will begin making deliveries from local businesses…

Lookout, Amazon, same-day delivery services for struggling bricks-and-mortar retailers are going from test phase to full-scale operations. Department store retailer Kohl's has recently expanded its same-day delivery service to the Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle and Washington, D.C./Baltimore markets, a spokeswoman confirmed via email to TheStreet. The service is in partnership with Deliv, which…

Amazon.com plans to broaden the reach of its fast delivery service Prime Now, and is selling major brands promotional deals connected to the expansion, a sign the world’s largest Internet retailer is satisfied with early results from the nascent offering. The service — now only available through the Prime Now app on smartphones — will be…

The relationship between retailers and customers has always been about proximity: the closer, the better. However, as e-commerce and digital retail continue to transform the industry, there’s a new twist to the location equation. Instead of being about the location of the brick-and-mortar store, it’s now about the location of the customer. The challenge for…

The U.S. Postal Service fell short of its performance targets for a host of its mailing and shipping services last year, and on-time delivery percentages in many categories were actually worse than 2014, the agency's regulator has found. The Postal Regulatory Commission this week issued a critical report detailing the shortcomings of a broad array of…

Clothing brand American Apparel has formally partnered with startup Postmates to offer consumers on-demand delivery (within the hour) of "Basics" clothing, which includes standard tees, sweatshirts, body suits, pants, leggings and dresses for all genders. The service will be offered in 79 American Apparel stores throughout the U.S., spanning 31 metropolitan areas. At launch, delivery fees will…