Tesco must be applauded for the deal it has struck with US supennarket chain Safeway to export its Internet shopping model. With Safeway adopting the Tesco model of picking goods from stores and abandoning its strategy of using dedicated warehouses for fulfilling online orders, it has signalled that the UK is the recognised world leader in grocery shopping via the Internet.
Read MoreDeutsche Post (Switzerland) AG, a fully owned subsidiary of Europe’s largest postal
service provider DPWN, is a public limited company under Swiss law and specialises in parcel logistics. It was founded in autumn 1991 by the merger of two Swiss parcel logistics operators, quickstep parcel service AG and Qualipac AG.
Under the product name Swisspack, Deutsche Post (Switzerland) Euro Express offers a nationwide, timedefined parcel delivery service for consignments up to 31.5 kg in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The parcels are delivered by a fleet of nearly 400 vehicles via several modern automated hubs (we have such hubs at Pratteln, Regensdorf and Altishofen, for example).
With another of our products, the Europremium service, shipments (import I export) of up to 800 kg per pallet are delivered to and from Switzerland to some twenty European countries.
When we entered this market in 1992, door-to-door pick-up services and a track&trace system for parcels were still completely new ideas. Since then, we have continued to refine our IT systems.
Network Transport Group of England has acquired Route One Logistics for an undisclosed sum. NTG is known for specialist VIP chauffering as well transportation of time-critical parts (e.g. organs for transplantation).
Read MoreHong Kong Dragon Airlines said it will offer an express parcel service from July 28 to meet the needs of customers doing business in China.
Read MoreEarnings fell 9% at United Parcel Service + Inc., the world’s biggest package delivery company, as cost-conscious U.S. customers shipped fewer parcels in the second quarter
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