Ecommerce Industry News
eBay asked four of its tech leaders what’s next in the evolution of the online shopping experience and how they think ecommerce will evolve throughout 2021. Here are the trends and summaries of what they […]
Walmart is testing delivery drones in a new pilot with Flytrex, which is an “end-to-end drone delivery company.” The program is focused on delivering select grocery and household essential items from Walmart stores. The pilot […]
How would you feel about the Postal Service delivering your ecommerce packages by drone? (And how would you feel about receiving packages by drone?) The Official Mail Guide (OMG) said the USPS has been exploring […]
UPS announced it is now certified to operate a drone airline, the first company to receive such government certification. The shipping carrier has been concentrating its drone efforts in healthcare in particular, and on Tuesday […]
A top Etsy executive will be one of the keynote speakers at the Home Delivery World conference taking place next month. Roman Sobieri, Head of Shipping, Listing Management and Payment Operations at Etsy, will speak […]
More Americans like the concept of drone delivery than dislike it, but a large number have yet to decide. That’s just one finding of a new national survey administered by the U.S. Postal Service Office […]
While online sellers are dealing with the impact of Sunday’s USPS rate hike, here’s some lighter news with regard to shipping and delivery, including news about a former eBay executive. Amazon Opens up About Delivery […]
Amazon may have made drones a household word, but it may very well be Canadian marketplace SHOP.CA that makes drone delivery of ecommerce goods a reality thanks to a new partnership with Drone Delivery Canada (DDC). SHOP.CA […]
While researchers, shipping carriers and postal services may be thinking about drones, it seems ecommerce company Amazon may do more to make commercial and non-commercial drone flight in the U.S. a reality. Amazon Prime Air […]
Some people initially thought Amazon’s dramatic revelation to 60 Minutes that it was developing drones to deliver packages was a publicity stunt it was so unheard of at the time, but the company is spending […]