...Júlia Schmitz; Jaqueline Mastrocola Carneiro Kerber; Daniel Luiz de Mattos Nascimento; Marina Bouzon Purpose Smart lockers have emerged as an innovative technology to address the challenges of last mile delivery. The increasing difficulty in accessing construction sites, exacerbated by denser...

...Andreas Risberg; Hamid Jafari Purpose In light of the recent dynamics, this paper aims to explore the last mile (LM) of e-commerce retailers. Two research questions are developed (1) What firm characteristics are critical in LM practices? and (2) How do LM practices differ based on the identified...

... services, which are increasingly used for last mile e-grocery delivery. While the e-commerce penetration rate of the grocery sector is still relatively low, e-grocery is nonetheless one of the fastest growing retail segments. The fresh food e-commerce market volume in China increased more than 10-fold...

... into the environmental impact of e-commerce distribution, this study investigates the possibilities consumers have to influence green logistics within e-commerce. E-commerce distribution Last mile E-tailers Environmental logistics Green supply chain management Communication E-commerce is growing...

...Heleen Buldeo Rai; Sara Verlinde; Cathy Macharis Research on last mile transport investigates the final part of the supply chain from the last distribution centre, consolidation point or local warehouse. It focusses on the ways in which products reach their final destination in the consumer...

... mode Last mile In recent years, research interest in the so-called last mile has resurfaced (Edwards et al., 2010 ; Hübner et al., 2016) . There has been increased interest in the movement of goods between points of acquisition to points of consumption. This last section...