last mile
34 posts tagged with “last mile”
Walmart and Wing Bring Drone Delivery to Five Orlando Stores: The Inventory Rules Behind a 30-Minute Promise
Walmart and Wing's Orlando drone launch shows why 30-minute delivery depends on precise inventory, eligibility rules, and fallback routing.
CXTMS InsightsAugust 4, 2026 · 6 min read
Big-and-Bulky Last-Mile Delivery Is Slowing: How to Reprice Capacity When Housing Demand Falls
Big-and-bulky delivery growth has slowed as housing turnover falls. Learn how to reset capacity, minimum charges, and lane coverage without sacrificing service.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 30, 2026 · 5 min read
FedEx 2026 Peak Fees Make Residential Delivery Density a Contract Metric
FedEx's 2026 peak fees put residential delivery density at the center of parcel costs. Learn how to model exposure and negotiate a smarter peak plan.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 27, 2026 · 6 min read
USPS Smart Lockers Turn Local Marketplace Exchanges Into a Last-Meter Logistics Network
USPS Local XChange gives marketplace handoffs a trackable logistics workflow built around smart lockers, custody events, pickup windows, and exceptions.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 23, 2026 · 6 min read
Last-Mile Costs Are Forcing Delivery Promises Back Into Network Math
Last-mile delivery promises only protect margin when they account for order value, zone density, appointment constraints, address confidence, carrier fit, and failure cost.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 15, 2026 · 7 min read
Wayfair's Home Delivery Network Lessons Point to the Hard Part of Big-and-Bulky Logistics
Wayfair's home delivery network lessons show why big-and-bulky logistics needs disciplined execution across appointments, damage, returns, density, and cost-to-serve.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 3, 2026 · 6 min read
JD.com's 700,000-Robot Claim Makes Delivery Labor a Network Design Variable
JD.com's automation claim shows why delivery robotics is becoming a network design question, not just a labor-cost question.
CXTMS InsightsJune 30, 2026 · 7 min read
Free Delivery in 2.7 Days Is the New Retail Baseline - and the Network Math Is Getting Ugly
Consumers now expect free delivery in 2.7 days, forcing retailers to rethink parcel networks, carrier diversification, promise logic, and AI-powered ETA accuracy.
CXTMS InsightsJune 25, 2026 · 7 min read
Delivery Reliability Is Beating Speed. Retail Logistics Teams Should Rebuild Promises Around That.
Retail leaders are putting delivery reliability ahead of raw speed. Here is how logistics teams can turn delivery promises into operational commitments.
CXTMS InsightsJune 8, 2026 · 6 min read
Multi-Carrier Parcel Networks Are Becoming the New E-Commerce Default
E-commerce shippers are moving from single-carrier parcel strategies to blended networks as accessorials, regional carriers, and last-mile complexity reshape delivery economics.
CXTMS InsightsJune 6, 2026 · 7 min read