Canadian e-commerce shipping platform acquires Warehowz. ShipTime accelerates entry to U.S. market with warehouse deal. E-commerce shipping technology platform ShipTime Canada announced Thursday it has acquired Warehowz, a North American marketplace for on-demand warehousing and fulfillment, to enhance its ability to support merchants' logistics needs. The deal is the latest example of how smaller parcel logistics providers are investing to build fulfillment and delivery scale. With a network of more than 2,500 affiliated warehouses across the United States and Canada, Warehowz provides flexible fulfillment and storage options for businesses that require lean inventory. By adding Warehowz's extensive warehousing network, ShipTime provides customers with new opportunities to bring inventory closer to shoppers for quicker last-mile delivery, scale capacity during peak seasons or inventory surges, and increase operational flexibility for brands managing multiple locations or high-volume inventory. "These capabilities complement ShipTime's growing North American courier network, which includes trusted couriers such as FedEx, UPS, USPS, DHL, Uber, LSO, and many others. Modern logistics requires more than competitive courier options. Businesses need integrated solutions that connect fulfillment, warehousing, and delivery into a single, flexible ecosystem. Welcoming Warehowz into ShipTime marks an important step toward that unified future. Their North American presence and adaptive warehouse model strengthen our ability to expand further into the U.S. and deliver an end to end solution for brands that require speed, efficiency, and scalability at every stage of growth," said ShipTime Canada CEO Austin Lewis, in a news release. ShipTime recently opened its platform to U.S. merchants, who use its shipping tools to select and manage a network of parcel carriers. The Warehowz acquisition adds another level of service to support future growth, the company said. ShipTime Canada is a subsidiary of publicly traded Paid Inc. (OTC: PAYD), a developer of web storefronts and payment systems for online retailers. Earlier this week, fulfillment specialist Stord acquired a fulfillment center in Dallas from Quiet Logistics. Stord also bought rivals ShipWire and Ware2Go, from UPS, in the past year.

Stord has assumed the lease of Quiet Logistics's Dallas warehouse and responsibility for supporting interested customers following American Eagle Outfitters' decision last month to shut down its third-party logistics subsidiary. Terms were not disclosed. The deal marks Stord's second major acquisition this year, following last month's purchase of e-commerce specialist Shipwire. Last year, Stord bought Ware2Go from UPS and outlined plans to invest up to $40 million modernising a Kentucky facility. The profitable company raised $200 million to fuel expansion. Stord is working with impacted customers across Quiet's former network—which included warehouses in Boston, Atlanta and Los Angeles—to transition them to its global fulfilment platform. The agreement expands Stord's footprint into the Dallas market whilst ensuring continuity for Quiet customers.

E-commerce startup Stord buys AI fulfillment platform Shipwire. * Stord, an e-commerce startup challenging Amazon, buys Shipwire from CEVA Logistics. * This is the seventh acquisition for the Atlanta-based company founded by former Thiel fellow Sean Henry. * Stord raised $200 million last year at a $1.5 billion valuation and is backed by Kleiner Perkins and the Founders Fund. The deal, which closed Jan. 1 for a undisclosed amount, adds 12 new locations to Stord's growing logistics network and about 60 new employees. Shipwire is an AI fulfillment platform used by e-commerce firms. "This is a great network, great customers, great team to pull onto our technology and our combined scale," CEO Sean Henry told CNBC. "And with that scale, it spins our flywheel up." The deal also brings dozens of new large and mid-market customers and a host of AI-powered internal execution, planning and routing tools to Stord's network, he added. Stord will look to partner with CEVA's 120 million square foot network across 170 countries. This is the seventh acquisition from the Atlanta-based startup that's challenging e-commerce giants such as Amazon by building out a network of infrastructure to help lower shipping costs and speed up deliveries for smaller merchants. Stord is part of a crowded market of startups that provide logistics and fulfillment services to online businesses, including ShipBob, Flexport's Deliverr, Cart.com and Shipmonk. Demand for these services has only continued to grow as more consumers shop online, and as merchants increasingly operate storefronts on multiple platforms. Amazon has sought to capitalize on the trend by offering a competing service that lets businesses tap into its network to ship orders placed on other sites, called multi-channel fulfillment. In May, Stord bought third-party delivery company and UPS subsidiary Ware2Go for an undisclosed amount earlier this year. The company previously acquired Pitney Bowes' e-commerce fulfillment business and freight and logistics platform ProPack in 2024. Stord recently announced a major investment plan in Kentucky and tech platform Penny Black. Henry told CNBC that the company is looking to make more acquisitions like Shipwire over the coming months and is eyeing expansions into Australia and Asia. Stord's current network includes facilities in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and the Netherlands. Last year, Stord raised $200 million at $1.5 billion valuation. Major investors include Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Salesforce Ventures and Strike Capital. Stord was founded in 2015 by 18-year-old Henry, who dropped out of the Georgia Institute of Technology to pursue the prestigious Thiel Fellowship, which was founded by Peter Thiel. The two-year program currently pays aspiring entrepreneurs $200,000 to quit college to build their startups, according to its website. Famous fellows have included design software firm Figma's Dylan Field, Anthropic's Chris Olah and ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin. Stord CEO Sean Henry talks retail's post-tariff supply chain strategy