23-08-19

DHL drops AmazonFresh deliveries and downgrades parcel boxes in Germany

DHL Parcel is continuing to streamline its business in Germany by stopping deliveries for AmazonFresh and scaling back services for its residential parcel boxes. read more

British e-commerce growth slows in July after brief June spike

23-08-19

Online retail sales in the UK returned to slow growth of just 4.4% last month after a stronger increase in June, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini eRetail Sales Index, which tracks the online sales performance of over 200 retailers. read more

AmazonFresh expands to three new US cities

23-08-19

Amazon is expanding its grocery delivery service AmazonFresh to three new US cities - Houston, Minneapolis and Phoenix. read more

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eBay rolls out fulfilment service in Germany

23-08-19

eBay has signed up more than 70 retailers to use its new fulfilment service in Germany after successful beta testing so far this year and has more than 100 other clients set to go live. read more

Australia Post in record parcels performance but letter decline hits profit

22-08-19

Australia Post turned in a record performance for parcel volumes in the financial year to end-June 2019 but this could not offset the profit impact of letter declines. read more

UPS and ChannelAdvisor partner to simplify global shipping for SMBs

22-08-19

UPS and cloud-based e-commerce solutions provider ChannelAdvisor have partnered to offer their services to small and medium-sized business customers as part of UPS’s Customer Technology Program to easily manage U.S. and international shipping. read more

UPS Germany gets GDP certificate for healthcare shipments

22-08-19

UPS’s services for pharmaceutical shipping in Germany are now Good Distribution Practice (GDP)-certified, meeting standards set by the European Union for the shipment of non-temperature controlled healthcare products for human use. read more

Enhanced 'Click & Collect' offering could help arrest high street shopping decline

21-08-19

New research from Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of the UK's credit and debit card transactions, reveals that 72% of the country's retailers view 'Click & Collect' services as a solution to drive high street footfall. read more

Delivery robot firm Starship raises additional $40 million in funding

21-08-19

Starship Technologies, the autonomous delivery service specialist, has raised an additional $40 million in funding while its 'street' robots have just completed 100,000 commercial deliveries. read more

Amazon adds four more US warehouses

21-08-19

Amazon has announced plans to expand in the US by opening two new fulfilment centres in Ohio as well as one new facility both in Pennsylvania and Utah. read more

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