This is an excerpt from a story delivered exclusively to Business Insider Intelligence Transportation & Logistics Briefing subscribers. To receive the full story plus other insights each morning, click here. Two new automated delivery trials by Postmates and Amazon have been greenlit in California. The separate trials speak to different automation efforts in last-mile delivery […]
Amazon’s faster delivery options caused a 36% spike in Q2 shipping costs (AMZN)
This is an excerpt from a story delivered exclusively to Business Insider Intelligence Transportation & Logistics Briefing subscribers. To receive the full story plus other insights each morning, click here. Amazon’s shipping costs were up 36% year-over-year (YoY) in Q2 2019 to exceed $8 billion. This follows three straight quarters where YoY growth in shipping costs […]
Amazon has officially become its own largest shipper (AMZN)
This is an excerpt from a story delivered exclusively to Business Insider Intelligence Transportation & Logistics Briefing subscribers. To receive the full story plus other insights each morning, click here. Amazon is now its own largest package handler, surpassing the US Postal Service (USPS), according to Rakuten Intelligence, cited by Axios. Business Insider Intelligence The US […]