Chinese multinational conglomerate and e-commerce specialist Alibaba is pushing on with its foray into blockchain implementation after applying for 262 blockchain patents.

Ford’s fleet of autonomous vehicles will soon be able to deliver all manner of items to customers waiting in their homes or workplaces, but it’s the final curb-to-door journey that still poses a problem for even the most sophisticated self-driving vehicles.

Co-op Food supermarket has been approved planning consent to build a brand new regional distribution centre in the south as the retailer looks to “future proof” its operations.

A Canadian retailer has begun testing a delivery system which will delivery groceries to customers in subway stations, allowing them to collect their orders on their daily commute. Grocery giant Loblaw, which saw ecommerce sales top $500 million last year, has partnered with the Toronto Transit Comm...

Amazon is set to begin building separate warehouses for dangerous and hazardous items, after a can of bear repellent exploded last year sending dozens of workers to hospital. According to Wired, Amazon is developing numerous facilities dedicated to handling “controlled” goods, fitted with special sp...

Amazon is set to make a major investment in the British delivery giant Deliveroo as it continues to explore new ways to expand its delivery network.

Lidl is due to begin offering home delivery in the US as part of a new partnership with digital retailer Boxed. The partnership will now see Boxed licence parts of its end-to-end delivery technology to the German discounter, offering an assortment of Lidl’s snacks, fresh meat and produce, beverages...

Waitrose is extending its While You’re Away pilot, which sees its delivery drivers let themselves into customers homes while they’re out to deliver goods, to over 1000 people. The grocer launched the trial, the first of its kind in the UK, in October last year to just 100 customers located within cl...

Walmart exacerbated its rivalry with Amazon as it confirmed plans to slash its shipping times to just one day. Following Amazon’s announcement last month that it would spend nearly $1 billion halving delivery times for its Prime members to just one day, Walmart hinted that it would offer “one-day fr...

Amazon is offering its employees $10,000 and three months wages to quite their job and start up their own delivery companies. In an unprecedented move, Amazon has upped the anti on its efforts to encourage its staff to set up their own delivery operations and start delivering its packages, hoping to...