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Uber Freight, and other similar freight services, really has the potential to serve as a true disruptive influence sector in the world of truckload brokerage, creating a ripple effect of sorts.

Investment in trucking startups reached a record high in 2016, with 55 deals worth over $750M in aggregate, and deal sizes are up and total funding is on track to surpass 2016.

As the transportation and logistics industry morphs, traditional rivals will no longer be the sole or even the most threatening competition, incumbents must adapt to keep up with their customers.

Uber has fired the head of its self-driving vehicle unit, Anthony Levandowski, amid the continuing fallout from the engineer’s alleged theft of trade secrets from his former employer, Google.

In its “Global Transportation and Logistics M&A Deal Insights 2017,” report PwC noted that total first quarter deal value at $18.2 billion was down 38 percent compared to the first quarter of 2016 and was up 2 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2016. There were 63 transportation and logistics deals in the first quarter, which was up 26 percent annually and down 9 percent compared to the fourth quarter.

Turvo announced the launch of its revolutionary "collaborative logistics" platform that empowers shippers, brokers and carriers to work together in real-time across the entire supply chain, the first real-time collaborative logistics platform that connects anyone, anywhere to move things.

In this paper we discuss four key areas of disruption transportation and logistics companies need to focus on now, including new technology, new market entrants, new customer expectations, and new business models.

FinTech is a dynamic segment at the intersection of the financial services and technology sectors, this report assesses the rise of new technologies in the financial services sector, the potential impact of FinTech on market players and their attitudes to the latest technological developments.

During a time when transparency matters more than ever, enter blockchain, blockchain has the potential to become the new gold standard of business and trade, but first, all nations need to accept the new technology.

As drones become more commonplace, the risk of physical harm from an unskilled pilot or out-of-control copter increase, so researchers at Virginia Tech are finding out how to make these machines safer, with help from a bunch of dummies, of course.

For JDA’s fourth annual Retail CEO Survey, we asked more than 350 retail and consumer goods CEOs from the world’s largest and smallest players, across different segments in both mature and emerging markets around the world to share their views of the key trends shaping their business.

UPS has announced that it has successfully tested a drone that launches from the top of a UPS package car, autonomously delivers a package to a home and then returns to the vehicle while the delivery driver continues along the route to make a separate delivery.

The Global Supply Chain and Risk Management Survey is a study of the supply chain operations and risk management approaches of 209 companies with a global footprint. As globally operating organisations, they are exposed to high risk scenarios ranging from controllable risks, such as raw material price fluctuation, currency fluctuation, market changes or fuel price volatility, to uncontrollable ones such as natural disasters.

The firm’s “Global Transportation and Logistics M&A Deals Insights Q3 2016” report” stated that total second half 2016 deal value of $53.3 billion was off by 22 percent compared to the first half of 2016, with total deal activity for all of 2016 down 6 percent annually at $122 billion.

In its “Global Transportation and Logistics M&A Deals Insights Q3 2016,” report, PwC said that M&A activity for the sectors has been stable in 2016, with 50 or more deals, respectively, in the first and second quarters, with the third quarter coming in at 50, which marked an 11 percent decline in deal volume compared to the second quarter of 2016 and the third quarter of 2015.