As part of its 10-year plan to achieve financial sustainability and service excellence, the Postal Service has announced key network infrastructure investments to meet the evolving mailing and shipping needs of American public and business customers ahead of the 2021 holiday season.
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UK Post Office has opened two ‘BankHubs’ as part of the Communities Access to Cash Pilots (CACP) initiative. The new centres in Rochford and Cambuslang will provide local customers with basic banking and cash services, as well as dedicated rooms where they can see community bankers from their own bank.
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Estonian startup ParcelSea, based in Tallinn, has raised €935,000 ($1,13 million) to build its smart mailbox network in Estonia and foreign markets.
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UK delivery management company, Whistl, has announced it is to accelerate its expansion into e-fulfillment with the opening of three new depots.
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UPS has announced first-quarter 2021 consolidated revenue of $22.9 billion, a 27% increase over the first quarter of 2020.
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DHL Express has partnered with Fiat Professional, purchasing the first 100 units of Fiat’s new E-Ducato. In line with the recently launched Sustainability Roadmap of DPDHL Group, DHL Express plans to have more than 14,000 electric vans in operation in Europe by 2030 to reduce their carbon emissions.
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Last week Chinese Logistics Giant SF Express Holding announced that it suffered heavy financial losses in the first quarter of 2021, reports Asian Polyglot View Blog. The financial report shows that its operating income reached 42.62 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 27.07%, while its net profit loss was 989 million yuan, down 209.01% year-on-year.
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China’s antitrust regulator said on Monday that it has officially started an investigation into Meituan, the country’s largest on-demand delivery service provider, over the alleged monopolistic business practice of forcing merchants to “pick one from two,” as the focus of the country’s anti-monopoly crackdown shifts from Alibaba Group Holding to more companies, reports South China Morning Post.
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