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Delivery business DHL is struggling to cope with a flood of parcels from online purchases due to the coronavirus crisis, forcing it to cut back extra collections from retailers in Germany, parent company Deutsche Post said on Thursday. A Deutsche Post spokesman said that the extra pick-up trips to retailers had been reduced nationwide, adding …

Lyft on Wednesday said it has launched a new on-demand delivery service to provide essential goods, including groceries, meals and medical supplies, to people in need during the coronavirus crisis. The US company said the offer will also provide earning opportunities to drivers suffering from a near-total collapse in demand for ride-hailing trips. The company …

Shameless scammers will try to steal coronavirus stimulus checks, according to federal officials, who say common sense precautions can stop them in their tracks. Officials say con artists will try a wide range of schemes to bilk Americans out of the $1,200 payments the Trump administration has started delivering to help people shore up their …

Amazon said on Monday it plans to hire 75,000 more people for jobs ranging from warehouse staff to delivery drivers as the coronavirus epidemic kept Americans locked in their homes and demand for online orders surged. With shoppers clearing out shelves in fear of quarantines or product shortages, retailers are racing to keep food and …

Amazon’s grocery delivery services will no longer accept any new customers, at a time when locked down shoppers desperately look for alternatives to brick and mortar grocery stores. Anyone who enrolls beginning Monday will instead be added to a waitlist — with an indefinite wait time. Prior to the announcement Sunday, Amazon customers have complained …

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A worker manages a shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) in Bari, Italy, April 7, 2020. (Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters) The Department of Health and Human Services revealed Wednesday that the nation’s federal stockpile was deploying nearly all of its remaining personal protective equipment (PPE), confirming a Congressional report showing that approximately 90 percent of the PPE …

Talk about limited edition Nikes. The sneaker juggernaut is using materials from one of its best-selling shoes to make face masks for medical workers. The company — in collaboration with health professionals at Oregon Health & Science University (OSHU) — released images of its design on Tuesday. The face shield uses collar padding once meant …

Amazon is suspending shipping on non-Amazon packages as it struggles to keep up with customer orders during the coronavirus pandemic. The test program, known as Amazon Shipping, will be paused in June because the e-commerce juggernaut needs to shift its workers toward fulfilling its own orders, the Wall Street Journal reported. “We regularly look at …

General Motors will make 30,000 ventilators within five months to support the US’s fight against the coronavirus, the feds said Wednesday. The automaker will deliver the life-saving machines to the Strategic National Stockpile by the end of August through a $489.4 million contract with the federal Department of Health and Human Services, officials said. It’s …