PODCAST
2026 delivery trends: which predictions held up
At the start of 2026 we named ten delivery and logistics trends worth watching. Six months on, four of us went through all ten and gave each a straightforward verdict: what held, what we underweighted, and what caught us out.
An hour on: AI that works best when nobody notices it, the trade-policy shock that was on nobody's list, and the contest over who owns the locker networks. And while you watch, get the full mid-year check-in for the evidence behind every verdict.
In this session, you’ll learn:
- Which of the ten 2026 predictions held up at the half-year mark, and which changed shape
- Why most AI work in logistics stayed incremental, and what has to be true of your data first
- How trade policy, rather than fuel or weather, became the resilience story of the year
- Why ownership of locker and pickup networks now affects your capacity and your rates
- What separates a control tower that changes decisions from one that only reports events
- How to make your delivery promise readable to AI shopping agents as well as people
Featuring nShift's Thomas Bailey, Aleksandar Milovanovic and Frederick Hultman, with ecommerce strategy advisor Vanja Eriksson.
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