United Parcel Service Inc. plans to open 1,000 Mail Boxes Etc. stores in Germany in the next 10 years to gain more retail customers in Europe’s largest economy, Handelsblatt said, citing Gunnar Adalberth, head of United Parcel’s German unit.
Read MoreBrazil’s postal service ECT expects to launch an online mall dedicated to small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 2002, with an 18mn reais (US$6.1mn) investment.
Read MoreBusiness Express will undertake the final mile home delivery for Mail Order Express, the mail order division of independant toy retailer Arbon.
Read MoreUruguay’s postal service plans to create a website offering goods and services, as well as an Internet access point at its main branch in each provincial capital, Uruguayan daily El Observador reported. The project will benefit Uruguayans from the country’s interior, who don’t have the opportunity to shop in the capital Montevideo, as well as those without access to computers and credit cards, postal service VP Gustavo Osta said.
Read MoreNetto, the Denmark-based international discount supermarket, has awarded a three-year contract for the UK delivery of frozen, chilled and ambient products to DFDS Logistics.
DFDS Logistics will make deliveries on a seven day, 24hour cycle to the 50 stores in Netto’s northern region (covering Yorkshire, Humberside, Lincolnshire and the North Midlands), using dedicated dual compartment, multi-temperature vehicles and trailers. All vehicles are being used for multi-drop operations, throughout the day and night.
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