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Amazon Heads to the Mall With Prototype Clothing Store

Amazon .com Inc. plans to open a clothing store in a Southern California mall later this year, marking the latest foray into brick-and-mortar for the online retailing giant, which already sells more than 10% of all clothes in the U.S.

January 20, 2022
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Vaccine Mandate Likely Defeated Following Supreme Court Stay

While the U.S. Supreme Court has remanded the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test law for large businesses back to a lower court, trucking industry experts said the high court’s action likely spells defeat for the proposal.

January 20, 2022
BusinessSafetyLogistics

Union Pacific Steps Up Security to Curb L.A. Train Thefts

Union Pacific Corp. is erecting physical barriers and increasing its own policing of an area in Los Angeles where people have been stealing goods from its trains.

January 20, 2022
BusinessTechnology

Toyota Halts Work at Some Plants Amid COVID Disruptions

Toyota Motor Corp. expanded the idling of its automobile production as rising COVID-19 cases impact its suppliers and operations in Japan.

January 20, 2022
BusinessEquipment

Traton Group Reports Sharp Gains in 2021 Sales, Orders

The Traton Group reported sharp increases in its unit sales and incoming orders for commercial vehicles in 2021 compared with 2020 despite the continuing influence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulties in the supply of semiconductors.

January 20, 2022
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Mercedes Taps Luminar for Lidar

Mercedes-Benz plans to use laser sensors from Luminar Technologies Inc. in a next-generation vehicle platform to enable semi-autonomous driving features on highways.

January 20, 2022
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

TuSimple in Talks With Foton on Autonomous Trucks

TuSimple Holdings Inc. is in talks to join forces with one of China’s premier commercial vehicle manufacturers to create heavy-duty trucks aimed at making long-distance logistics more efficient.

January 20, 2022
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Port of Long Beach Moves Record Cargo Despite Logjams

The Port of Long Beach moved record cargo volumes last year amid an import surge and supply chain snarl brought on by the pandemic.

January 20, 2022
BusinessSafety

ATA Selects 22 Drivers as New Road Team Class

An immigrant from India, a former Marine and a grandmother joined an elite team of 22 professional truck drivers to make up the 2022-23 America’s Road Team Captains.

January 19, 2022
GovernmentBusinessBreaking News

Robin Hutcheson Selected to Head FMCSA

Robin Hutcheson has been named Deputy Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced Jan. 19.

January 19, 2022