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Battling Amazon, Chicago-Based ShipBob Lands $40 Million, Opens Warehouse

Chicago lakefront skyline Kiichiro Sato/AP

With $40 million in new investments announced Sept. 6, Chicago-based e-commerce logistics company ShipBob is eyeing an expansion — starting with a new fulfillment warehouse in Cicero and a push to hire 100 people in the next year.

Ally Marotti | Chicago Tribune
 September 7, 2018
Business, Technology

Amazon Becomes Second US Company to Reach $1 Trillion Market Value

Boxes sit stacked at the Amazon.com fulfillment center in Kenosha, Wis. Boxes sit stacked at the Amazon.com fulfillment center in Kenosha, Wis. (Jim Young/Bloomberg News)

NEW YORK — Amazon has become the second publicly traded company to be worth $1 trillion, hot on the heels of Apple.

September 4, 2018
Business, Logistics, Top 100, Perspective

The Rise of Amazon Logistics

Stacked Amazon Prime boxes. Amazon packages sit at a doorstep in Maryland after delivery. (Shutterstock)

Amazon's announcement last month was a stay of execution, not a reprieve, and it’s only a matter of time before the company reveals plans for a comprehensive logistics network.

Eytan Buchman | Vice President of Marketing at Freightos
 August 20, 2018
Business, Technology

Dynamo Launches Founders Camp for Entrepreneurs

Anna Mason Investor Anna Mason talks with entrepreneurs in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Santosh Sankar, Dynamo)

Dynamo, a transportation and logistics-oriented venture capital fund based in Chattanooga, Tenn., is launching a Founders Camp for entrepreneurs with ideas for transforming global trade and commerce.

Daniel P. Bearth | Staff Writer
 May 15, 2018
Business, Logistics

Amazon Plans Fourth Nevada Fulfillment Center

Amazon fulfillment center A worker sorts packages at Amazon's Fernley, Nev., fulfillment center. (Ken James/Bloomberg News)

Amazon plans to open an 800,000-square-foot fulfillment center in North Las Vegas, Nev., that will employ more than 1,000 full-time staff. The center will join three Amazon fulfillment facilities in North Las Vegas and Reno that employ more than 3,000 full-time workers.

Transport Topics
 April 6, 2018

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