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Logistics in the spotlight

Hi there,

This holiday season, Amazon will charge a temporary (but significant) premium for storage in its warehouses for the first time, hoping to incentivize sellers to properly stock in-season goods for the holiday boom.

Last year, UPS also began applying peak-pricing surcharges to retailers exceeding their projected package volume. (Of course, Uber’s surge pricing system is a more familiar, consumer-facing application of dynamic pricing.)

Amazon’s innovations inspired our deep dive into the world of warehousing tech startups. Its ambitions to bring more delivery services in-house have also raised eyebrows in the logistics industry.

With tech companies now leveraging advancements in software, analytics, and automation to target the sector, it’s no surprise that corporations have steadily ramped up their own investment in supply chain and logistics startups.

Qualcomm Ventures, the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, and Daimler all rank among the top five corporations and corporate VCs investing in the field.

For an in-depth view on the investors and startups to watch in this field, join us on Tuesday, November 29 for a Supply Chain & Logistics Tech briefing.

Have a great rest of the week.

Kerry
@kerrygwu

P.S. We have less than 70 tickets left for the CB Insights Innovation Summit in January. As a reminder, subscribers can register here with the code AutoNL for a $500 discount.