Tag: USA

Tesco takes internet home delivery to US

Posted by | Jan 14, 2002 | |

TESCO FORMALLY launches its internet home shopping service in the United States today as part of a deal with Safeway, the American supermarket group.
The service will be run under the Safeway name and be operated from five Safeway stores in Portland, Oregon. The US group is completely separate from the UK company of the same name.
The launch of the service represents a coup for Tesco, which will be exporting British know-how to a market that was supposed to be the world leader in internet grocery deliveries.

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German Parcel delivers parcels from US

Posted by | Jan 13, 2002 | |

German Parcel, the German subsidiary of UK postal operator Consignia, and the national partner businesses in the General Parcel group will deliver parcels from the US to Europe with immediate effect following an agreement between Consignia and the United States Postal Service (USPS).

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US Postal Service's Volume & income plunge

Posted by | Jan 11, 2002 | |

The terrorist attacks and the slipping economy combined to cause the biggest drop in mail volume in more than 30 years, the Postal Service reported yesterday. In the first quarter of its fiscal year — Sept. 8 to Nov. 30 — mail volume was 2.8 billion items below the same period last year.

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Airborne Express Announces Nationwide Partnership With Neighborhood Postal Centers

Posted by | Jan 10, 2002 | |

Airborne Express today announced a new agreement with Neighborhood Postal Centers(R) (NPC), allowing further expansion of Airborne’s retail presence to over 1700 mail and parcel outlets nationwide. Beginning January 22, 2002, Neighborhood Postal Centers’ licensed locations will be eligible to offer their customers a wide variety of shipping services through Airborne Express.

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USPS to use single carrier in Europe

Posted by | Jan 9, 2002 | |

The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday it will use a subsidiary of the British post office to deliver Express Mail and air parcels throughout Europe.

The deal involves packages designated for delivery in either four or six days to 23 European countries, post office vice president James P. Wade said. The new deal is between the post office and General Logistic Systems, a subsidiary of Consignia, which is the new name adopted by the British post office.

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