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Pointing to impact of COVID-19, Walmart rolls out new Express Delivery service offering

Logistics Management

Company officials explained the plans for Express Delivery, which offers delivery options for more than 160,000 items from the company’s food, consumables, and general merchandise offerings, were “accelerated in the wake of the coronavirus,” with the service going through a pilot program in 100 Walmart stores going back to mid-April, with plans for (..)

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Chinese Express delivery firm secures first UK site

247 Customs Broker

SF Express, China’s second largest courier, is taking its first steps in the UK with the announcement that it is taking a 90,000 sq ft… The post Chinese Express delivery firm secures first UK site appeared first on 24/7 Customs Broker News.

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Logistics and express delivery: the crisis and the opportunity under the Corona Virus

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

However, although the epidemic has affected the short-term benefits of express delivery enterprises, it has not affected the intrinsic value of express delivery enterprises. The continued spread of the epidemic has seriously hindered People’s Daily life.

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Parcel experts raise key points about impact of coronavirus on express delivery-based markets

Logistics Management

In recent conversations I had with two leading parcel express and last mile logistics experts, there was no shortage of talking points to touch upon, as they relate to the ongoing coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic.

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Express Deliveries “Rise Almost 7000% at Christmas” Claims Research

Logistics Business Magazine

The number of requests by customers for express delivery from retailers increases by 6,981% just before Christmas compared with the average for the rest of the year, according to a recently released survey by post-purchase communication specialists parcelLab. “The

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DHL exec addresses challenges related to Asia-originated logistics issues

Logistics Management

In some recent correspondence I had with a friend at global express delivery and logistics services provider DHL, the subject of the logistics-related issues coming out of Asia was front and center, to be sure.

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UPS addresses Teamsters contract, set to expire this summer, in earnings call

Logistics Management

A key theme in Atlanta-based global freight transportation and express delivery and logistics services provider UPS’s fourth quarter earnings call yesterday centered around its contract with the Teamsters, which is set to expire on July 31. On the earnings call, UPS CEO Carol Tomé made it clear where UPS is coming from, in.