Activewear to improve service levels with new Midwest distribution facility
The additional space will allow S&S to operate more than 4.3MM square feet of warehouse space across North America, providing customers with even greater access to its products and services.
Amazon is scaling back private label business: WSJ
Amazon’s private label business for years has been the subject of hype, speculation, fear, measurement and governmental scrutiny.
SoCal Cold Storage Warehouse Price More Than Doubles in 6 Months
Just when you thought sale prices for industrial properties in SoCal couldn’t get any higher comes an eye-opening $535-per-square-foot deal on a cold-storage warehouse that the seller bought for less than half of that amount in January.
Myer to use over 200 AMR robots at its new fulfillment center in Victoria
Myer is planning to use more than 200 autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) at its new national distribution centre in Victoria to dispatch online orders and supply stores from next year.
World’s first Nike Style store opens in Seoul
Nike has introduced its latest retail concept, Nike Style, with the first store opened in South Korea, to be followed by more across multiple international markets.
Dutch online supermarket to build highly robotized fulfillment center
In the German town of Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, a powerful automated fulfillment centre will be built by summer 2024, securing Picnic's further growth on the German market.
New FedEx Ground facility to begin operations in October
FedEx Ground entered into a lease agreement on a new, 217,000 square-foot distribution center located on Borgen Drive.
Kroger building a high-tech facility in Tennessee
The approximately 40,000-square-foot facility will serve as a last-mile cross-dock location that efficiently extends the fulfillment network reach to customers up to 200 miles away from a state-of-the-art, robotically automated Atlanta fulfillment center powered by the Ocado Group (LSE: OCDO).
Carolina Beverage Group leases distribution center space in Alliance area of Fort Worth
Hillwood, the developer behind AllianceTexas, announced a new distribution center lease with Carolina Beverage Group.
Walmart Blocks Amazon From Buying Canoo’s Electric Delivery Vans
Walmart Inc.’s deal backing an electric-vehicle startup has some strings, including a provision preventing sales to rival Amazon.
Why an Amazon executive just signed on to lead this digital pharmacy startup
Digital pharmacies looking to set themselves apart in a crowded field are taking a page—and executives—from the biggest names in tech. Case in point: SoftBank-backed startup Alto Pharmacy, which just landed a top Amazon exec as its next CEO.
Walmart orders 'Last-Mile' electric vans from Canoo to support its eCommerce business
Walmart will use Canoo’s Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV) to deliver online orders. The vans will be built at Canoo’s facility near Dallas and are expected to go into service next year.
Yokohama Tire opening new state-of-the-art distribution center near Dallas
This ‘geographically strategic’ 430,000-square-foot facility in Wilmer will help dealers get tires faster.
Amazon’s ‘Safe’ New Robot Won’t Fix Its Worker Injury Problem - Wired
The company’s warehouses demand a fast pace of workers, and have higher injury rates than at competing firms.
Two new Amazon developments will soon rise in east Vancouver
Two new warehouse developments, one on land owned by Amazon and the other to potentially be leased to Amazon, will soon rise near 162nd Avenue and Fourth Plan Boulevard in east Vancouver, turning the location into a further hub for warehouse distribution and truck traffic.
UPS will have doubled its health-care facilities footprint by 2023,
The logistics giant began building out millions of square feet of space as a result of its partnership with Pfizer (PFE)/ BioNTech (BNTX).
Shopify Completes Acquisition of Deliverr to Expand Fulfillment Across Multiple Channels
Shopify Inc., a provider of essential internet infrastructure for commerce, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Deliverr, Inc.
Prime members in the US get one-year free food delivery from Grubhub
On Wednesday, Amazon acquired a 2% stake in Grubhub's parent company, Just Eat Takeway.com. As part of the agreement, the e-commerce giant is providing free access to the meal delivery service.
Amazon 'last mile' delivery center falls far behind schedule in Bakersfield
Work appears to have stalled on an Amazon "last mile" distribution center at the former Kmart shopping center in Bakersfield.
FedEx will close all data centers and transition to the cloud within two years
FedEx is going all in on cloud computing, a move that will save the Memphis, Tennessee-based transportation company an estimated $400 million annually.