Flexport may lay off workers yet again

Flexport, a logistics company with $2.7 billion in venture and debt funding, is reportedly planning additional layoffs. That’s according to Information, which said the firm intends to eliminate around 20% of its roles in the next few weeks. Flexport communications head Liyan Chen declined to comment on the report in an email to TechCrunch. Flexport, … Read more

Flexport taps Shopify for cash, behind the wheel of the Kia EV9 and where Amazon wants to invest

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Flexport gobbles up Convoy’s assets, Revel pulls the plug on mopeds and UAW sets its sights on Toyota and Tesla

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Flexport acquires technology of former digital freight unicorn Convoy

Supply chain logistics platform Flexport is acquiring the assets of shuttered digital freight network Convoy, according to a memo Flexport CEO Ryan Peterson sent to staff Wednesday. Flexport will restore Convoy’s trucking logistics services for customers in the coming weeks, reads the memo, shared by Freight Waves. Peterson said Flexport won’t acquire the business or … Read more