Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 29, 2022
With its commitment to have all 100,000 electric delivery vehicles on the road by 2030, Amazon will save millions of metric tons of carbon per year. two in the Greater Chicago area and one near Denver ? to get online orders to doors quicker and at a lower cost.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
Amazon has started increasing the free shipping minimum to $35 for non-Prime members in some markets, according to notices on its website, as the company looks for more ways to cut costs. Until now, the minimum purchase for free shipping has been $25. billion in revenue, according to Amazon’s latest quarterly earnings report.
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Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 18, 2013
Also this week, The Detroit News and others reported that “Wal-Mart Stores plans to open more small stores as it links them to its supercenters, which will serve as mini-warehouses for their smaller cousins [emphasis mine].”. And Steve Banker commented on Amazon and Walmart from an omni-channel fulfillment perspective. percent last year. .
Talking Logistics
DECEMBER 9, 2016
In related news, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that “officials in Colorado are planning a public-road test of battery-charging technology capable of powering electric trucks while they drive.” are scouting potential sites, including busy roads near Denver International Airport, with a goal of launching in 2018.
Talking Logistics
JUNE 3, 2016
And this week, Reuters reported that Walmart is “six to nine months from beginning to use drones to check warehouse inventories in the United States.” The company demonstrated the use of drones to reporters this week at one of its distribution centers.
DAT Solutions
OCTOBER 28, 2016
A Volvo VNL, using technology developed by trucking startup Otto (which was purchased by Uber back in August), delivered 2,125 cases of Budweiser from Fort Collins, CO, to Colorado Springs. As CCJ reports, Level 4 autonomy – which doesn’t require driver attention – isn’t legal in most states, including Colorado.
Logistics Viewpoints
DECEMBER 3, 2021
According to the annual survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics, nearly 180 million Americans shopped during the five-day holiday shopping period from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday. Robots outnumber human workers in this autonomous truck yard north of Denver. million from 145.4
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