E-commerce businesses often face difficulties with order fulfillment and profit margins. Selecting the appropriate solution can be challenging. Many business owners seek greater control over their ...

Dr. Robert C. Lieb is Professor of Supply Chain Management at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University.

Amazon wants to be everyone's third-party logistics (3PL) provider. On Monday, the e-commerce giant unveiled that it is opening its full portfolio of freight, distribution, fulfillment and parcel ...

Amazon Supply Chain Services launch signals major shift for freight transportation and logistics The recent announcement by Seattle-based global e-commerce giant Amazon regarding the official opening ...

Amazon's online retail dominance is having a significant impact on parcel carriers, less-than-truckload carriers and the third-party logistics market. Amazon is the 800-pound gorilla in e-commerce ...

Since the onset of the pandemic, Amazon has wielded enormous influence over the leasing market for distribution centers — first through its historic expansion, then through attempts to undo some of ...

Ben Ames has spent 30 years as a journalist since starting out as a reporter for daily newspapers in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. He has focused on business and technology reporting since 1999 for ...