Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

UPS agrees to end cigarette deliveries

Posted by | Oct 24, 2005 | |

UPS will stop delivering cigarettes to individuals in the United States under an agreement announced Monday with state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

The agreement is the latest in federal and state efforts to combat the sale of under-taxed cigarette and to fight underage smoking.
Monday’s agreement leaves only the U.S. Postal Service among major carriers to continue to deliver cigarettes to individuals, Spitzer said. He called that practice “an embarrassment.”

Despite a new policy adopted by the Postal Service in September to refuse delivery of illegal products, the federal service allows employees to accept packages suspected of containing under-taxed cigarettes, Spitzer said.

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FedEx Ground continues national expansion with new Hagerstown, Maryland hub

Posted by | Oct 24, 2005 | |

FedEx Ground has opened a new 325,000-square-foot distribution hub in Hagerstown, Maryland. Today, Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., will join local customers and Washington County officials to celebrate the facility opening. The Hagerstown hub is one of nine hubs to open as part of a network expansion plan that will include the relocation or expansion of more than 290 pickup and delivery terminals through 2010. The nationwide expansion will boost the company’s current average daily pickup capacity by nearly 70 percent over the next five years. This summer, FedEx Ground also opened hubs in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Dallas, Texas. A fourth new hub, under construction near Memphis, Tenn., will begin operations in 2006.

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Belgian De Post/La Poste to introduce experimental project in Maaseik

Posted by | Oct 24, 2005 | |

Belgian postal services company De Post/La Poste will introduce an experimental project in Maaseik, in eastern Belgium, under which postmen will make home deliveries of books and CD’s from the local library on October 25, 2005.

The project is a service for disabled people, elderly people, or long-time sick people.

Disabled people, elderly, or long-time sick people are able to order books and CD’s through the library’s online catalogue. People who are not familiar with the use of the Internet will use a form with their favourite genres and the preferred format.

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Shoppers forecast to spend GBP5bn online this christmas

Posted by | Oct 23, 2005 | |

Shoppers snapping up gifts over the internet will help drive online sales to GBP5 billion this Christmas, research predicted.

Despite the wider retail sector remaining stuck in the doldrums, the amount spent online in November and December will far outstrip last year’s GBP3.5 billion.

The research for Royal Mail, carried out by the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG), showed consumers were becoming more confident in using the internet for their shopping.

Around half of the UK population shopped online last Christmas, the study showed.

IMRG chief executive James Roper said: “Online shopping has continued to grow at a phenomenal rate and we believe it will account for 9percent of all retail sales in the UK through November and December 2005.”

The research was released as Royal Mail published a guide to help retailers cash in on online spending.

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