Tag: Retailing

USPS open office at The Bookstore

Posted by | May 23, 2007 | |

The United States Post Office recently opened a Contract Postal Unit at The Bookstore, 399 Campbellsville Bypass, Suite 207.

The CPU will provide a full range of postal services except for selling money orders. The CPU is another way to extend postal services to a different area of town and make it convenient to do business with the USPS.

The CPU will have extended hours beyond the traditional post office. It will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday (except Wednesday), 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday and closed on Sundays.

The CPU will be closed on six holidays compared to the 13 holidays that the post office at the Broadway location is closed.

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Wincor Nixdorf supplies IT systems for counter service at Greek post offices

Posted by | May 16, 2007 | |

Together with its Greek partner Unisystems, Wincor Nixdorf has won a contract to deliver IT equipment for the counter positions in 416 branches of the Greek postal system (ELTA). All 1280 systems – consisting of Beetle iSprint PC and extensive peripherals, including monitors, printers and keyboards – are scheduled to be installed by the end of 2007.

Wincor Nixdorf was the only bidder able to realize the extensive list of demands made by the Greek postal system. “The customer’s wishes as regards the systems’ energy consumption was a particular challenge that we met in addition to other technical requirements and quality standards,“ said Mrs Vicky Bassela, head of Wincor Nixdorf Greece. As early as 2003, Wincor Nixdorf provided front-end systems for 33 branches of the Greek post office.

With this order, Wincor Nixdorf continues its strategy of extending its core competence in bank and retail company branch operations into related sectors in order to tap their business potential.

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DHL in online shipping deal with Germany's 1&1

Posted by | May 15, 2007 | |

DHL Express Germany has signed a cooperation deal with internet service company 1&1 Internet AG for online trading. Operators of 1&1-hosted “e-shops” can now use DHL for their shipping requirements.

With this new service, 1&1 is expanding its all-inclusive offer for small businesses and the self-employed. The entire e-shop, including order management and goods transportation, can now be handled through one single platform, DHL Express said in a statement.

“The cooperation with DHL enables us to offer a complete solution for the whole process chain”, said Andreas Gauger, CEO of 1&1 Internet AG.

E-shop operators can print out DHL parcel labels, track shipments online and offer customers the option of using a DHL Packstation as an alternative delivery address.

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Total Online Sales Expected To Hit USD 259 Billion In 2007

Posted by | May 14, 2007 | |

As the Internet grows up, computers have moved over to make room for clothing at the top of the sales list. According to the first part of The State of Retailing Online 2007, the tenth annual Shop.org study conducted by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) of 170 retailers, Americans last year spent more online on clothing than they did on computers for the first time in history. The report found the apparel, accessories, and footwear category reached USD 18.3 billion in 2006 and is expected to hit USD 22.1 billion in 2007. This year, 10 percent of all clothing sales are expected to occur online.

The report suggests that the apparel and accessories category has experienced strong sales because of an influx of new companies and liberal shipping policies such as free shipping on returns and exchanges. Additionally, apparel and accessories retailers are integrating new technologies onto their sites including rich imaging, where customers can zoom and rotate merchandise or see the item in different colors before buying, all of which eases the mind of a customer who is hesitant to purchase apparel online.

Computer hardware and software, long the frontrunner for nontravel online sales, moved into second place in 2006 at USD 17.2 billion, followed by sales of autos and auto parts (USD 16.7 billion) and home furnishings (USD 10 billion).

According to the report, 2007 online sales (including travel) are expected to rise 18 percent to USD 259.1 billion. Sales excluding travel will reach USD 174.5 billion. This strong growth will come off of an impressive performance in 2006. Online sales last year rose 25 percent to USD 219.9 billion. Excluding travel, online retail sales rose 29 percent to USD 146.5 billion, representing six percent of total retail sales in 2006.

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E-commerce to 2020

Posted by | May 9, 2007 | |

E-commerce will be replaced by 3D virtual shopping malls and personalised advertising that will be made possible by resilient hosted online environments, according to a report commissioned by Rackspace Managed Hosting into the Web in 2020. The report also predicts that whilst virtual shopping will replace e-commerce, visiting stores as a social experience will remain popular.

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