Descartes Group Acquires Australian Last-mile Scheduling Platform Localz

Supply Chain
Written By Rick Watson

Descartes is a Canadian logistics IT firm.

The Localz platform allows end customers to schedule services and deliveries through an online portal and then follow the shipment’s progress in real time with advanced notification features built in.

Localz looks like a startup that was acquired for $6.2 million from Descartes which is a large player in SaaS supply chain technology solutions for B2B applications.  It seems to me this fills a gap in their offerings which allows their customers to reschedule and be notified in real-time about a shipment’s progress.

FreightWaves: Descartes acquires Australian firm Localz

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
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