Parcel News
The latest parcel news, analysis and data.
Kentucky-based Material Handling Systems (MHS) has bought Italy’s Officina Costruzioni Meccaniche (OCM). Both companies specialise in providing sortation systems for parcel couriers and logistics companies.
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DHL eCommerce, a division of Deutsche Post DHL Group has announced its partnership with Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan to offer domestic delivery for Shopee sellers and buyers across Malaysia. The move is an extension of DHL eCommerce’s strong ties with Shopee in the region, following the successful integration of DHL’s e-commerce logistics services onto Shopee Thailand’s platform.
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ShipStation, the leading web-based e-commerce delivery solution, has partnered up with Hermes, the consumer delivery specialist.
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hmv’s customers will be able to pick up their CDs, DVDs and video games from over 4,200 HubBox locations across the UK, as well as from hmv’s own stores thanks to a new partnership between hmv and Click & Collect provider HubBox.
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XPO Logistics has opened its first last mile delivery hub in Canada: a 50,000 square feet facility in Toronto.
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DroneDek, the so-called ‘Mailbox of the future’ has been awarded a US Patent for last mile drone delivery. DroneDek is set to disrupt the parcel, package and mail delivery industry by leveraging several patent claims it was awarded offering customers ultimate convenience.
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The Toll Group has announced plans for a new multi-purpose super depot on the Gold Coast enabling a seamless freight service to customers. Medical supplies, fashion, food and machinery, will all be able to be delivered from the Gold Coast to Australia and the world.
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Bryson, UK importer, manufacturer and distributor of fixings, temporary protection and safety products has teamed up with last mile logistics provider Quiqup and hyper-local mini-warehouse location and technology provider Parcelly. Together, they offer the industry’s first on-demand, same-hour delivery of construction materials to customers across London.
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China’s Alibaba has rolled out a new premium membership package, called 88 VIP, that will offer a range of “exclusive benefits”, including discounts, video and music streaming and on-demand delivery.
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PostNL has opened its twentieth parcel sorting centre centre in the Netherlands. The company has given local employment a boost by creating 400 jobs.
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The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is set to tell online retail giant Amazon that its adverts for the Prime service must not include claims for next-day delivery guarantees.
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Maersk and IBM have today announced the creation of TradeLens, jointly developed by the two companies to apply blockchain to the world’s global supply chain. The solution which the companies have been working on, reported by Post & Parcel in March, is designed to promote more efficient and secure global trade, bringing together various parties to support information sharing and transparency, and spur industry-wide innovation.
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