UPS teamed up with Kiala to provide "access points" in the UK service

UPS recently announced, will join the European market operators Kiala provides "access points" service, formally enter the UK B2C market.
"Access point" refers specifically to express delivery and the terminal service outlets, namely the package store. UPS hopes the service will let all parties benefit from. The online shopping users, they can choose the nonworking time to receive the parcel parcel store; for retailers, the service supply chain for the integration, reduce delivery failure rate; for Internet businesses, "access points" network to make it closer to the real network, the effective implementation of return management.
In this regard, UPS plans to build 600 "access points" in the UK, and in the summer of 2013 will be expanded to 1500 outlets. UPS vice president Joe Mozzali said the European strategy, the company eventually plans to build 4000 "access points" in the UK, and plans in the second half of this year will be the business extended to germany.
It is reported, UPS in 2012 February the successful acquisition of the Belgian company Kiala, as the expansion of the European B2C express delivery market, March in a large-scale electric field laid the foundation. Kiala has been in 5 European countries in the establishment of the site, at the same time, United Parcel Service can provide return service in 125 countries around the world.
"Access points" service will remind consumer package has arrived at a local "access point", will remind merchants parcel returned. In addition, can be based on the geographic information system for real-time monitoring of network traffic, once found a "access points" cannot undertake business, the system will automatically be the "access points" state of gray, and guide the network business will parcel to near the shop.
MYEX min Asia International Express
2013-03-29