28-01-20

JD.com steps up search for European logistics hub location

JD Logistics CEO Zhenhui Wang with Unilever's Marc Engel

Chinese e-commerce group JD.com is stepping up its efforts to set up a distribution hub serving the European market with managers from its logistics subsidiary, JD Logistics, currently touring the continent to view potential locations, according to media reports. read more

DHL Express doubles Cleveland facility to expand US capacity

29-01-20

DHL Express has invested $3.8 million to expand its service center in Cleveland, Ohio, in its latest US network expansion. read more

FedEx ships coronavirus supplies to China

FedEx flies medical supplies to coronavirus-hit China

28-01-20

FedEx Express has teamed up with emergency aid partners to fly urgently needed medical supplies to China where China Post delivering the goods to Wuhan, centre of the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak. read more

Royal Mail introduces more electric vehicles in London

28-01-20

Royal Mail is further reducing its emissions in London with the addition of 87 new electric vehicles to Mount Pleasant, one of its largest mail centres in the British capital. read more

Hermes pop-up parcel shop in the Alstertal shopping centre

Hermes tests same-day deliveries from Hamburg shopping centre

28-01-20

Hermes Germany has teamed up with real estate developer ECE to test same-day deliveries of online orders from a shopping centre in Hamburg. read more

Online shoppers worldwide want more sustainable deliveries, IPC survey finds

27-01-20

Online shoppers around the world want recyclable packaging and more sustainable deliveries as concern rises about the environmental impact of e-commerce, IPC’s latest global survey of nearly 36,000 consumers in 41 countries found. read more

British SME online retailers are bullish for 2020

27-01-20

Most SME online retailers in the UK are optimistic about increasing their sales this year, including to international customers, despite slower overall e-commerce growth in 2019, according to a new study commissioned by Royal Mail. read more

FedEx Express Mexico president Jorge Torres

FedEx invests in Mexico with enlarged Toluca Airport facility

27-01-20

FedEx Express has invested US$24.6 million to enlarge its air hub at Toluca International Airport as part of its ongoing expansion in Mexico. read more

Croatian Post drone successfully delivers parcels on pre-programmed route

27-01-20

Croatian Post has successfully completed its first drone flight, which autonomously delivered parcels from the Zadar port of Gaženica, located on Croatia’s west coast, to Preko on the island of Ugljan at a speed of 35 km/h, for about 12 minutes. read more

Strong peak drives German e-commerce to new records in 2019

24-01-20

More frequent purchases of all kinds of goods, more mobile sales and a strong peak season combined to generate double-digit growth and take online retail sales in Germany to a new high of nearly €73 billion last year, according to the country’s e-commerce association. read more

Swiss hospital delivery drones take off again

24-01-20

Swiss Post and technology partner Matternet will resume drone flights next week after months of extensive safety checks following two crashes early in 2019. read more

DHL and Amazon join new alliance to speed up commercial electric vehicles

24-01-20

DHL and Amazon are two major transportation sector members of the new Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance designed to help companies accelerate their transition to electric vehicles and reduce their carbon emissions. read more

EHDH creates European pharma logistics giant with planned Movianto takeover

24-01-20

A new European pharmaceutical logistics giant, with a strong B2B express business, is on the horizon with EHDH’s planned acquisition of Movianto. read more

Correos returns to profit as parcel business booms

23-01-20

Spanish postal group Correos has made its first profit for five years thanks to strong growth in parcels and better productivity. read more

FedEx Express expands direct distribution services for Asian shipments to Europe

23-01-20

Asian exporters can now ship consolidated shipments to multiple recipients in Europe via FedEx on more trade lanes. read more

UK e-commerce growth slows to ‘dismal’ 6.7% in 2019 despite strong peak

23-01-20

Online retail sales in the UK grew by a strong 9.4% in December but full-year growth nearly halved to just 6.7% compared to 11.8% in 2018, according to the latest figures from IMRG and Capgemini. read more

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Bpost	9.27€	+1.60%
DP-DHL	32.30€	+0.06%
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Cartwright Group supplies Hermes UK with more CNG vehicles

Cartwright Fleet Services (CFS) is delivering a second significant order of natural-gas-powered vehicles to Hermes UK, continuing to support the parcel carrier’s aim of further reducing its carbon footprint.

Swipbox and Posten Norge test parcel lockers in Norway

Swipbox and Posten Norge have teamed up to test close to 100 parcel lockers in a pilot project in Oslo over the next six months.

Ria wins bpost deal for remittances through Belgian post offices

Cross-border money transfers company Ria Money Transfer, a subsidiary of Euronet Worldwide, has partnered with Belgium’s bpost to offer its services through the postal operator’s network of more than 600 post offices.

Alert Innovation’s Alphabot speeds up warehouse logistics at Walmart

US retailer Walmart has rolled out the first-of-its-kind grocery picker, Alphabot, in its supercentre in Salem, New Hampshire, which is fully operational and working with associates to enable quicker order picking.

Agility Robotics sells humanoid delivery robots to Ford

Ford has partnered with US start-up Agility Robotics to use its newly launched robot, Digit, which is fitted with arms and legs, to soon have it carry parcels from the delivery vehicle right to the customer’s door.

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