Post&Parcel--Ten years after introducing automated parcel mailing stations in Germany, DHL has revealed that its so-called Packstations now boast more than two million customers. And, the company said... View More
Reuters--EBay Inc shares dropped more than six percent on Friday on concern the company may be among the most exposed e-commerce players affected by the massive post office closures at the U.S. Postal... View More
FRESNO, CA – JTS (Johanson Transportation Service), a leading third-party supply chain solutions provider, has been named as one of the “Top 100 3PL” providers to the food industry in... View More
Post&Parcel--DHL is adding three new Boeing 777 Freighter aircraft to its fleet to expand capacity and improve transit times on routes between the Americas, Asia and the Middle East. The company has signed... View More
Post&Parcel--A major new shipping service for e-commerce retailers is set to launch next month in the United States, to compete head-on against FedEx and UPS ground services. Seattle-based EquaShip is... View More
By the end of the summer, The UPS Foundation will have provided more than US$200,000 to charitable organizations across Canada. One of the recipients, Volunteer Canada, received a US$100,000 grant, which... View More
Journal of Commerce--Wal-Mart is “guardedly optimistic” about the rest of 2011 but sees a trend toward a “flatter” peak season for holiday shipments, said Kelly Abney, the retailer’s... View More
Postal News Blog--Fears about the financial health of the US Postal Service may delay FedEx’s decision on whether to buy more planes from Boeing and Airbus, according to a report from Bloomberg
Washington Times--What would America do without its government-run postal monopoly? The U.S. Postal Service is set to go bust within a few weeks absent yet another multibillion-dollar bailout. If it doesn’t... View More
Post&Parcel--FedEx Express has launched its own next-business-day domestic services in Colombia, FedEx Express Nacional. The US company promised a “reliable, convenient and high-quality” express... View More
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) launches its seventh annual FedEx Cares Week, providing volunteer and service opportunities for employees around the world. Close to 4,000 FedEx volunteers worldwide... View More
Journal of Commerce--The Internet retailing giant says it will build two distribution in exchange for sales tax break. California’s top lawmakers appear lukewarm to Amazon.com's offer to hire... View More
Bloomberg--United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS), Betfair Group Plc (BET) and Vodafone Group Plc (VOD) were among companies whose websites were disrupted by an attack that redirected Internet users to a hacking... View More
Post&Parcel--TNT Express is now providing an Economy Express Import service to Kabul in Afghanistan, helping local business start-ups in the war-torn country’s recovering economy. The service is... View More
Seeking Alpha--During the past five years, UPS’s return on equity has averaged nearly 29%.This high profitability flows from the wide moat UPS has built around its business with a massive international... View More
Journal of Commerce--Damco, the combined logistics brand of A.P. Moller-Maersk, launched an online calculator enabling shipper to track the carbon dioxide emissions for products shipped by ocean and air.... View More
Post&Parcel--FedEx Express has opened a new operations centre in Shanghai to cope with the growing demand and package volumes in China. The new 5,140 square metre facility in the Pudong Sanlin area is... View More
Multichannel Merchant--UPS this month announced an extraordinary increase in its net profit for the quarter ended June 30. FedEx recently announced similar results for its quarter that ended May 31. I... View More
Multichannel Merchant--Most small- to medium-size warehouse operations tend to rely heavily on manual processes and labor. Automation could be saving them time and money. But while technology can be a... View More
Post&Parcel--For the next few weeks, businesses in Canada can arrange for a free pick-up for their parcels at the touch of a button, with a new promotion from Canada Post. The offer runs until September... View More