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This Week in Logistics News (September 30 – October 6)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. retailers and other delivery customers for the first time in more than four years are easily winning discounts from United Parcel Service and FedEx , according to industry data and interviews with seven professionals who advise shippers in price negotiations.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 23 – 29)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. UPS has launched DeliveryDefense , an AI-powered approach to reducing the risk of delivery theft. The UPS tech uses historic data and machine learning algorithms to assign each location a “delivery confidence score,” which is rated on a one to 1,000 scale. California Gov.

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Alibaba-led consortium to buy 10% stake in ZTO Express for $1.38bn

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Alibaba-led consortium has agreed to purchase 10% equity stake Chinese express delivery firm, ZTO Express (Cayman), for around $1.38bn. The investors led by Alibaba and its logistic arm Cainiao Network have entered into a strategic agreement with ZTO Express for the investment and acquisition of interest.

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

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“All great enterprises are about logistics. Not genius or inspiration or flights of imagination, skill or cunning, but logistics.” — Tom McCarthy. This was majorly due to their inability to understand and adapt to the changing logistics trends. A decade back these developments in logistics might have seemed impossible.

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Cainiao Network, RoboSense release world’s first unmanned logistics vehicle

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Alibaba Group’s Cainiao Network and RoboSense have announced what they claim is the world’s first solid-state LiDAR unmanned logistics vehicle, G Plus. The companies announced the launch of G Plus driverless delivery vehicle at Alibaba’s Cainiao Network 2018 Global Smart Logistics Summit.

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The End of the E-Commerce Hype Is Bad News for Planes

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Data released by the Bank of America suggests this pattern is reflected elsewhere in industries. Even the more traditional actors in the logistics industry were taken in. The appraiser IBA shows data supports this trend. This year alone, conversions of the Boeing 737 narrow-build group have reached 52.

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Driven by international shipment and e-commerce gains, DHL opens up new Inland Empire facility

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By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor ·. Express delivery and logistics services provider DHL recently announced it has moved its Southern California-based service center in Ontario to a larger location in order to meet increase growth it is seeing in international trade and e-commerce. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor.