e-commerce News Updates

BusinessLogisticsTop 100

Kentucky Lands Kroger E-Commerce Center

Northern Kentucky is getting a new $550,000 distribution center from a unit of The Kroger Co. to give the grocery store giant a larger e-commerce foothold in the state and Ohio.

June 1, 2023
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Walmart’s Job Cut Tally Tops 2,000 in E-Commerce

Walmart Inc.’s job cuts at five U.S. e-commerce fulfillment centers will affect more than 2,000 positions, according to regulatory filings.

April 4, 2023
BusinessEquipment

FinditParts Raises $30 Million to Expand Digital Content

FinditParts has raised a $30 million minority equity investment from Crestline Investors Inc., the e-commerce marketplace announced.

June 7, 2022
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Shopify Profit Is More Than Double Forecast, Extending Streak

Shopify Inc. beat expectations in the second quarter, with adjusted profit per share more than double what analysts had forecast, and said operating earnings for 2021 should exceed last year’s.

July 28, 2021
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogisticsTop 100

Startup Couriers Snatch Toehold in Biggest Shake-Up of E-Commerce Era

Surging e-commerce is generating more package deliveries than giant couriers can handle, clogging retailers’ logistical pipelines and frustrating consumers. But the logjam is spawning startups with new ways of speeding deliveries.

July 21, 2021
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTCA

Pennsylvania Ponders Package Fee to Pay for Roads, Bridges

What if the solution to Pennsylvania’s transportation funding quagmire was all the brown boxes and padded envelopes left at people’s front doors?

July 13, 2021
BusinessLogistics

New DHL Report Focuses on Strong Growth of E-Commerce

A new DHL report says the post-COVID-19 economy will continue to rely more on e-commerce as delivery companies find more environmentally sustainable ways to get products to consumers.

June 2, 2021
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Amazon to Hold Prime Day June 21-22

NEW YORK — Amazon said that it will hold its annual Prime Day on June 21 and 22, the earliest it has ever held the sales event.

June 2, 2021
BusinessTechnologyLogistics

Bezos: Amazon’s Andy Jassy Will Become CEO on July 5

Amazon .com Inc.’s new CEO will take the reins on July 5, the 27th anniversary of the company’s incorporation, outgoing CEO Jeff Bezos said during the annual shareholder meeting on May 26.

May 26, 2021
BusinessTechnologyFuel

Stellantis to Offer New Vans Pairing Hydrogen and Battery Power

Stellantis NV’s new range of cargo vans running on both hydrogen and plug-in electric technology offer the promise of emitting only water vapor and refueling time on par with going to the gas station.

March 31, 2021