Home Depot Announces 3-Hour Delivery Service
The new initiative uses the giant retailer’s more than 2,000 stores as fulfillment hubs for thousands of items. The new service is part of a larger trend that is seeing retailers across the country offer super-fast deliveries from their stores. Some use third-party delivery services like DoorDash or Uber Eats. Depot does not specify how […]
Boise Cascade and James Hardie Partner Up
The two companies will work together in the latest in an ongoing series of concentrations in the building trade.
FedEx Now Says Refunds Should Begin Next Month
If you used the shipping service over the past year, refunds could begin in August. Although the federal program to refund duty charges that were ruled illegal by the Supreme Court has been slow to ramp up, FedEx says it will begin to return as much as $800 million to its customers. According to a […]
UPS, FedEx and DHL Say They Will Reimburse Customers for Illegal Tariffs
As the federal government begins to issue refunds to companies impacted by the now-overturned tariffs, the big shipping companies are expected to reimburse their customers.
VIDEO: Logistics of Assembling Furniture for Hundreds of Hotel Rooms
Logistics is essential to wood products manufacturers, for incoming materials, inventory, and shipping and delivery of finished products. The American Home Furniture Association even has an industry group devoted to furniture delivery. Many large cabinetry and furniture manufacturers have created separate divisions just for logistics, which then contract with other firms when not handling their […]