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Days before the Black Friday shopping crush, an investigative journalism outlet and a California think tank separately released two scathing reports documenting the social, environmental and economic costs of Amazon.com, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) breakneck-speed package delivery and fulfillment model...

Temperature-controlled warehouse operator Americold Realty Trust (NYSE: COLD) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Canadian-based cold storage facility operator Nova Cold Logistics for C$337 million from asset management firm Brookfield Business Partners (NYSE: BBU). (A...

Germany-based logistics specialist DB Schenker is using robots to automate picking and sorting tasks at its Leipzig, Germany, warehouse following a successful trial. The hi-tech robots, manufactured by Croatia-based Gideon Brothers and capable of carrying an 800-kilogram load, allow productivity...

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A.P. Møller – Maersk has not been shy about its ambition to become a global digital logistics integrator. The container shipping giant has been busy investing in startups, digital forwarding, blockchain, data management and freight brokerages over the last two years. It also has consolidated Damco'...

  Flowspace, a California-based on-demand warehousing and fulfillment startup, announced its Series A investment raise of $12 million, which was led by Canvas Ventures. The round also saw participation from Moment Ventures, 1984 Ventures and Y Combinator. In total, Flowspace has raised $15.5...

Freight tech has become one of the hottest venture capital marketplaces in the business world, with investment dollars in startups growing 24x from 2014 to 2018, when nearly $3 billion poured into the space. Much of this investment was dedicated to the transportation side of the logistics...

The conversion of vacant retail real estate space to industrial capacity is unlikely to be more than a healthy niche market, according to a report released today by real estate services firm CBRE Group, Inc (NYSE: CBRE). However, activity since 2016 indicates the trend is a bit stronger than...

STORD, the on-demand warehousing startup, last week announced plans to bring 20-plus additional jobs to the Atlanta logistics market, following a strategic investment in the company by Tom Noonan, tech investor and founding partner of Atlanta-based VC firm TechOperators. This year has been a...