Airborne Express Announces Nationwide Partnership With Neighborhood Postal Centers
Airborne Express today announced a new agreement with Neighborhood Postal Centers(R) (NPC), allowing further expansion of Airborne’s retail presence to over 1700 mail and parcel outlets nationwide. Beginning January 22, 2002, Neighborhood Postal Centers’ licensed locations will be eligible to offer their customers a wide variety of shipping services through Airborne Express.
The NPC agreement is the latest move in Airborne’s ongoing strategic initiative to expand and improve service options to small business customers. It comes less than a month after Airborne announced a strategic alliance through a retail relationship with OfficeMax. Traditionally focused on corporate America, Airborne’s services will now be more convenient and attractive for the small business shipper.
“We’ve enhanced our portfolio of services, including Ground Delivery and airborne@home business-to-residential service, which has put us in a perfect position to serve the needs of small business through NPC store front locations,” said Rich Corrado, Vice President of Marketing at Airborne Express. “This agreement with Neighborhood Postal Centers is a milestone in our continuing strategy to reach out and bring value to small business customers. They’ll find it extremely convenient and attractive to use Airborne’s low-cost, comprehensive shipping services through these Neighborhood Postal Centers.”
Neighborhood Postal Centers’ licensed locations, available on the web at www.neighborhoodpostal.com, will be offered revenue incentives for featuring Airborne Express services. With over 1,700 locations across the country, their stores will also serve as convenient drop-off locations for current Airborne customers. NPC licensees will also be able to integrate Airborne shipping into their retail Point of Sale (POS) system, and NPC stores will be provided with co-branded packaging.
“We’re excited that Airborne has expanded their service and developed a program to offer reliable service at very attractive rates to our membership,” said Charmaine Fennie, President of Neighborhood Postal Centers. For more than 50 years, Airborne and its subsidiaries have served the shipping needs of business customers around the world. Today, Airborne offers total distribution solutions by providing time-sensitive delivery of documents, letters, small packages, and freight to virtually every U.S. ZIP code and more than 200 countries. Customers can select from a variety of services including same-day, next-morning, 10:30 a.m., next-afternoon, second-day, ground delivery service, eCourier, international air express and freight, ocean service, and logistics management.
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