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FMC proposes a $200,000 fee on Spanish-flagged ships

CBP gives mail importers until Jan. 20 to switch to new entry process

Evos raises $9M for AI agents that run logistics back offices

Michelin buys Illinois warehouse it has leased since 2015 for $151M

India says its first-phase US trade deal is in legal drafting

GlobalFoundries will build two New York chip plants with $21B from Japan

UNFI hedges diesel and uses Samsara to cut delivery miles

Best Buy tests electric yard trucks at two California DCs

Yum shows suppliers new menu items before it sends a purchase order

China’s exports jump 36.3% in September, far above forecasts

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Nike plans a supply chain it can cut as fast as sales fall

The sportswear giant is moving its network to a variable cost structure after lower warehousing costs lifted margins while revenue fell 4%.

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How AI can help improve intermodal operations

Webinar, Thu, Oct. 22, 1pm ET

How PAVOI replaced its pile of tools with an AI-native ERP

Sebastiaan Debrouwere of DOSS and Lindsay Keys of PAVOI

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Conagra says freight costs are rising twice as fast as it planned

The packaged-food maker is absorbing transportation inflation at double its budgeted rate, which its CFO blames on the driver shortage and oil prices.

AutoZone plans to nearly double its mega hubs to about 300

The auto parts retailer is adding more than 40 mega hubs next year, each stocking up to 110,000 different parts for the stores around it.

Aurora prices driverless freight at about $2 a mile

The self-driving truck company is charging about $2 a mile, fuel surcharge included, to haul freight between its Texas terminals with no one in the cab.

Amazon is putting an AI inventory planner inside Seller Central

Two new agents in Seller Assistant suggest what sellers should ship in and what to do with slow stock. Each of those calls carries an Amazon fee.

Nike plans a supply chain it can cut as fast as sales fall

The sportswear giant is moving its network to a variable cost structure after lower warehousing costs lifted margins while revenue fell 4%.

Conagra says freight costs are rising twice as fast as it planned

AutoZone plans to nearly double its mega hubs to about 300

Aurora prices driverless freight at about $2 a mile

Amazon is putting an AI inventory planner inside Seller Central

How I Supply Chain ›

How AI can help improve intermodal operations

Webinar, Thu, Oct. 22, 1pm ET

How PAVOI replaced its pile of tools with an AI-native ERP

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Latest ›

FMC proposes a $200,000 fee on Spanish-flagged ships

CBP gives mail importers until Jan. 20 to switch to new entry process

Evos raises $9M for AI agents that run logistics back offices

Michelin buys Illinois warehouse it has leased since 2015 for $151M

India says its first-phase US trade deal is in legal drafting

GlobalFoundries will build two New York chip plants with $21B from Japan

UNFI hedges diesel and uses Samsara to cut delivery miles

Best Buy tests electric yard trucks at two California DCs

Yum shows suppliers new menu items before it sends a purchase order

China’s exports jump 36.3% in September, far above forecasts

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Fulfillment ›

All fulfillment stories

DoorDash adds Costco delivery across Canada

DashPass members get free delivery and reduced service fees on Costco orders of C$85 or more.

Flexport opens robot fulfillment center at former Kroger site

Flexport says the more than 350 robots double efficiency and help deliver 99.9% order accuracy.

Walmart opens its fifth next-gen fulfillment center in Stockton

The 900,000-plus-square-foot facility will also handle orders for Walmart Marketplace sellers.

Amazon is closing the storefronts it runs for partner grocers

Partners are being offered Amazon Lockers, return points and AWS services instead.

Moralve pools its China stock in Amazon's global warehouse

Its supplier now sends one shipment on one purchase order instead of three to five.

Walmart rolls out one-hour Express Pickup at 500 stores

Walmart plans to expand the curbside service nationwide before Thanksgiving.

Walmart and Wing take drone delivery to Denver and Seattle in 2027

The additions take the companies' announced network to nearly 20 US metros.

Amazon pays $195M for a Chicago warehouse to run same-day delivery

The building has sat empty since it was finished in 2024.

Nike plans to stop owning much of its distribution network

Third-party providers already run three of Nike’s eight major US distribution centers.

Nike plans a supply chain it can cut as fast as sales fall

The sportswear giant is moving its network to a variable cost structure after lower warehousing costs lifted margins while revenue fell 4%.

AutoZone plans to nearly double its mega hubs to about 300

The auto parts retailer is adding more than 40 mega hubs next year, each stocking up to 110,000 different parts for the stores around it.

Fulfillment ›

Amazon is closing the storefronts it runs for partner grocers

Partners are being offered Amazon Lockers, return points and AWS services instead.

DoorDash adds Costco delivery across Canada

DashPass members get free delivery and reduced service fees on Costco orders of C$85 or more.

Flexport opens robot fulfillment center at former Kroger site

Walmart opens its fifth next-gen fulfillment center in Stockton

Moralve pools its China stock in Amazon's global warehouse

Walmart rolls out one-hour Express Pickup at 500 stores

Logistics ›

All logistics stories

Michelin buys Illinois warehouse it has leased since 2015 for $151M

The 2-million-square-foot building handles 35% of Michelin’s imported inventory.

Parcel fuel surcharges hit 30% of base rate as carrier tables drive increases

At early-2021 diesel prices, the surcharge would still be 23.75%, about triple its level then.

USPS stretches Ground Advantage to 10+ days for Alaska, Hawaii

Parcels under one pound now move primarily by surface on those routes.

C.H. Robinson agrees to buy RXO for $5.8B

Robinson expects about $300 million a year in cost savings within two years of closing.

CMA CGM closes its $1.4B purchase of FedEx Supply Chain

The deal adds about 34 million square feet of warehouse space to Ceva Logistics.

Logistics ›

Michelin buys Illinois warehouse it has leased since 2015 for $151M

The 2-million-square-foot building handles 35% of Michelin’s imported inventory.

Parcel fuel surcharges hit 30% of base rate as carrier tables drive increases

USPS stretches Ground Advantage to 10+ days for Alaska, Hawaii

C.H. Robinson agrees to buy RXO for $5.8B

CMA CGM closes its $1.4B purchase of FedEx Supply Chain

Freight ›

All freight stories

UNFI hedges diesel and uses Samsara to cut delivery miles

UNFI says miles per delivery ran nearly 5% below the prior year through May.

Feeder serving Hormuz bypass ports sinks after strike

All 21 crew were evacuated from the 2,824-TEU GFS Pride before it sank.

Korean container ship finishes a 50-day Arctic round trip to Europe

The Panstar Acro returned to Busan with 1,743 empty containers and no import cargo.

Ships from Asia to North America ran 6.9 days late in Sept

Gemini had the sharpest decline, with its on-time rate falling from 70% in June to 40% in September.

Port of LA moves 1.04M TEUs in Sept, its busiest month ever

Loaded imports rose 19% from a year earlier to 545,696 TEUs.

Freight ›

UNFI hedges diesel and uses Samsara to cut delivery miles

UNFI says miles per delivery ran nearly 5% below the prior year through May.

Feeder serving Hormuz bypass ports sinks after strike

Korean container ship finishes a 50-day Arctic round trip to Europe

Ships from Asia to North America ran 6.9 days late in Sept

Port of LA moves 1.04M TEUs in Sept, its busiest month ever

Trade and risk ›

All trade stories

FMC proposes a $200,000 fee on Spanish-flagged ships

The agency is also considering restrictions on imports of certain Spanish goods.

CBP gives mail importers until Jan. 20 to switch to new entry process

The delay covers postal shipments subject to Section 201, 232 or 301 duties.

India says its first-phase US trade deal is in legal drafting

India will implement the deal only if it gains a tariff advantage over competing exporters.

Trade and risk ›

FMC proposes a $200,000 fee on Spanish-flagged ships

The agency is also considering restrictions on imports of certain Spanish goods.

CBP gives mail importers until Jan. 20 to switch to new entry process

India says its first-phase US trade deal is in legal drafting

Technology ›

All technology stories

Evos raises $9M for AI agents that run logistics back offices

Uncork Capital and Field Ventures co-led the pre-seed round.

Bot Auto targets $50,000 of driverless hardware per truck

Lenovo's AD1 computer goes into Bot Auto trucks starting in the first quarter of 2027.

Symbotic buys cellumation to sell a hexagon-cell sorting floor

cellumation will keep operating under its own name from its Bremen, Germany, headquarters.

Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse shopping agent from its store

Amazon acted after Meta declined its request to remove the bot.

Ultra raises $50M to rent packing robots to warehouses

The Brooklyn startup says its robots have packed more than 500,000 e-commerce orders at customer sites.

Parallel Systems raises $100M for driverless electric rail cars

Its battery-powered Panther cars run up to 500 miles without an operator.

Technology ›

Evos raises $9M for AI agents that run logistics back offices

Uncork Capital and Field Ventures co-led the pre-seed round.

Bot Auto targets $50,000 of driverless hardware per truck

Lenovo's AD1 computer goes into Bot Auto trucks starting in the first quarter of 2027.

Symbotic buys cellumation to sell a hexagon-cell sorting floor

Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse shopping agent from its store

Ultra raises $50M to rent packing robots to warehouses

Parallel Systems raises $100M for driverless electric rail cars

Fundraising corner ›

All funding stories

Magentic raises $18M for AI procurement agents

One customer already runs more than a million orders a year through it.

Gaia Dynamics raises $7M for AI trade compliance

BackOps raises $42M to automate carrier claims

Terminal raises $20M to unify fleet telematics data

Freehand raises $75M for AI supply chain spend agents

Arrakis raises $38M for industrial AI

Humanoid raises $152M, becomes Europe's first robot unicorn

Zalando joins Sereact's $116M warehouse AI round

Proaction raises $4.2M to replace fleet call centers with AI

Risk Ledger raises £24M to map supply chain cyber risk

Fleek raises $25M to bring AI grading to the secondhand-clothing trade

Fundraising corner ›

Magentic raises $18M for AI procurement agents

One customer already runs more than a million orders a year through it.