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Advent International buys stake in Hermes Germany and Hermes UK

Aug 11, 2020 | News, Parcel, Retail | 0 |

Private equity investor Advent International has reached an agreement with the Otto Group to take a 25% shareholding in Hermes Germany and 75% in Hermes UK.

Co-op hits ‘major milestone’ with 400 stores on Deliveroo

Aug 11, 2020 | E-Commerce, News, Parcel, Retail | 0 |

Co-op and Deliveroo have announced a ‘major milestone’ in their delivery partnership as Deliveroo customers can now order items from 400 Co-op stores across the UK.

China’s last administrative village to get highway access receives its first online order

Aug 11, 2020 | E-Commerce, News, Parcel | 0 |

Abuluoha – China’s last administrative village to get road access – has received its first online order, courtesy of JD Logistics.

Austrian Post reports stable revenue despite COVID-19

Aug 11, 2020 | News, Parcel, Post | 0 |

Austrian Post has reported that its revenue for the first half of 2020 was up 0.1 % to € 981.9 million, but its business development was impacted by COVID-19.

Digital freight platform Saloodo! expanding to Turkey

Aug 11, 2020 | Freight, News | 0 |

Deutsche Post DHL Group has announced that Saloodo!, the digital freight platform which was first launched in Germany in 2017, is now expanding to Turkey.

Disabled people in UK find their ‘lockdown lifeline’ of online shopping threatened by delivery problems

Aug 10, 2020 | E-Commerce, News, Parcel, Retail | 0 |

Citizens Advice has found that two in five disabled people in the UK have had a problem with parcel delivery in a single week – a disturbing finding given that online shopping is for many a ‘lockdown lifeline’.

Democrats claim changes at USPS are having ‘significant adverse effects’ and ‘pose a threat to the November election’

Aug 10, 2020 | News, Post | 0 |

Senior Democrat politicians have called for an investigation into the running of the US Postal Service (USPS), arguing that ‘modifications’ introduced by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy have had ‘significant adverse effects’ and have led to delays in postal delivery which could ‘pose a threat to the November election’.

Emirates Post Group strikes deal that will help speed up the issuing of licences for courier and delivery companies

Aug 10, 2020 | News, Parcel | 0 |

Emirates Post Group has signed a partnership agreement with the Ras Al Khaimah Department of Economic Development (RAK DED), to put into place processes to expedite the issuance of licenses for courier and delivery companies.

Asda trials George parcel returns with home shopping deliveries

Aug 10, 2020 | E-Commerce, News, Parcel, Retail | 0 |

UK supermarket Asda has launched a new trial scheme in two stores which enables customers to return George parcels at the same time as they receive their online grocery deliveries.

‘COVID-19 has forever changed the way Kiwis shop,’ says NZ Post

Aug 10, 2020 | E-Commerce, News, Parcel | 0 |

New research from NZ Post has indicated that online shopping increased 105% when New Zealand moved into Alert Level 3 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the experience ‘may have changed the way Kiwis shop permanently’.

DeJoy shakes up the structure of the USPS

Aug 7, 2020 | E-Commerce, Parcel, Post | 0 |

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy today announced a modified organisational structure for the U.S. Postal Service.

USPS: the reality remains that the Postal Service is in a financially unsustainable position

Aug 7, 2020 | E-Commerce, Parcel, Post | 0 |

The U.S. Postal Service today reported its financial results for third quarter of its fiscal year 2020, (April 1, 2020 – June 30, 2020), as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have an unpredictable impact on the economy and the Postal Service.

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Advent International buys stake in Hermes Germany and Hermes UK
Aug 11, 2020 | News, Parcel, Retail
Co-op hits ‘major milestone’ with 400 stores on Deliveroo
Aug 11, 2020 | E-Commerce, News, Parcel, Retail
China’s last administrative village to get highway access receives its first online order
Aug 11, 2020 | E-Commerce, News, Parcel
Austrian Post reports stable revenue despite COVID-19
Aug 11, 2020 | News, Parcel, Post
Digital freight platform Saloodo! expanding to Turkey
Aug 11, 2020 | Freight, News

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Co-op hits ‘major milestone’ with 400 stores on Deliveroo

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Austrian Post reports stable revenue despite COVID-19

Digital freight platform Saloodo! expanding to Turkey

Category: News

Advent International buys stake in Hermes Germany and Hermes UK

Co-op hits ‘major milestone’ with 400 stores on Deliveroo

China’s last administrative village to get highway access receives its first online order

Austrian Post reports stable revenue despite COVID-19

Digital freight platform Saloodo! expanding to Turkey

Disabled people in UK find their ‘lockdown lifeline’ of online shopping threatened by delivery problems

Democrats claim changes at USPS are having ‘significant adverse effects’ and ‘pose a threat to the November election’

Emirates Post Group strikes deal that will help speed up the issuing of licences for courier and delivery companies

Asda trials George parcel returns with home shopping deliveries

‘COVID-19 has forever changed the way Kiwis shop,’ says NZ Post

DeJoy shakes up the structure of the USPS

USPS: the reality remains that the Postal Service is in a financially unsustainable position

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