package delivery
Uber couriers will now drop your package off at the post office
Uber is expanding its peer-to-peer package delivery service, Uber Connect. Now customers who don’t want to schlep a package to the post office can request an Uber courier to do…
Next-day package delivery startup Veho valued at $1B following $125M Series A
Veho’s technology matches package delivery demand with qualified driver partners and lets customers know the actual time of delivery and even communicates when the driver is headed their way.
Austin-based Fetch Package secures $60M in equity & debt after tripling ARR in 2020
Fetch Package, a last-mile package delivery company for apartment communities, has raised $50 million in a Series C round of funding and closed on a $10 million venture debt facility.…
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If we let the US Postal Service die, we’ll be killing small businesses with it
If we continue to view the USPS as simply a balance sheet and optimize for profitability in a vacuum, we ultimately stand to lose far more than we gain.
Uber adds retail and personal package delivery services as COVID-19 reshapes its business
Uber is introducing two new types of services, the company announced this week, including Uber Direct and Uber Connect. Direct is a delivery platform for retail items, while Connect is…
FedEx is ending a partnership with Amazon to supply the e-commerce company with ground delivery shipping after its current contract ends this month, the company confirmed to Bloomberg. This is…
FedEx lures online sellers with two-day air shipping at ground rates after Amazon contract ends
International shipping giant FedEx is showing it’s serious about attracting the ecommerce crowd after a high-profile termination of one of its contracts with Amazon to provide delivery using its express…
Amazon Prime members can choose a weekly delivery date with launch of ‘Amazon Day’
Amazon this morning launched Amazon Day, a new delivery option for Prime members that will allow them to control when their orders arrive. The option lets shoppers pick a day…
This clever – if expensive – product is called the BoxLock and it is a keyless padlock that lets your package delivery person scan and drop off your packages into…
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Amazon isn’t to blame for the Postal Service’s woes, but it will need to innovate to survive
In the past week, the 45th president has Twit-tacked Amazon three times and, potentially, cost their shareholders over $40 billion in market cap or just more than one Greek economy. At the heart of our current President’s criticism is a claim that Amazon is making a mint and leaving a *failing* U.S. Postal Service holding…
Recent news that Amazon is working on a way to deliver items inside your door, without packaging, is huge. It means that e-commerce might overcome its greatest obstacle: Thinking inside…
With e-commerce booming and the holidays rapidly approaching, retail and tech giants alike are asking Santa for new ways to delight customers and increase sales. In the U.S., nearly half…
Doorman Raises $1.5 Million To Eliminate Missed Package Deliveries
Everyone has, at some time or another, experienced the frustration that comes from missing a delivery – that is, coming home only to find a delivery notice stuck to your…
