Could cargo bike deliveries help green e-commerce?

Could ferrying parcels by bike rather than lorry help green our seemingly bottomless appetite for e-commerce?

Last-mile delivery experience critical to customer satisfaction, survey finds

A new survey of online shoppers has found that 85 percent will not return to a retailer after a poor delivery experience

Fuel surcharges eating into online sales margins

The additional charge is sending the cost of shipping goods within Canada higher, topping 40 percent for some carriers

UPS tests bicycle powered deliveries in New York

UPS unveiled Tuesday a battery-powered, four-wheeled cycle to more efficiently haul cargo in some of the world's most congested streets and to reduce its carbon footprint

Ottawa delivery company raises $5 million to expand across the country

Ottawa-based Trexity offers local one-day delivery to small and medium-sized businesses and their customers in Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary

Drone deliveries begin in Japan

Zipline, an American company that specializes in using autonomously flying drones to deliver medical supplies, is flying in the Goto Islands

Grubhub ending partnership with Russian robot maker

 Two U.S. university campuses are losing their food-delivery robots for now because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Walmart to offer carbon-neutral last-mile delivery

Walmart-funded program will offset an estimated 25,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide in its first year

Maersk buying Pilot Freight Services for US$1.68 billion

Maersk says acquisition will complement its previous North American purchases and allow it to serve the e-commerce market

US Postal Service slapped for weak last-mile emissions proposal

A U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its fleet of mail-delivery trucks has too few electric vehicles and falls short of President Joe Biden's goals to address climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency said