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News from the world of logistics and e-commerceStrike to hit Australia Post
Australia Post informs that the staff union in the Australian public service has announced industrial action between the 26th of September and 16th of October. The strike will be in the form of work stoppages for 30 minutes at a time. How often the staff will walk off...
Important! Shipping lithium-ion batteries from 01 April 2016
IATA is introducing new requirements for shipping lithium-ion batteries, packed in loose form or loose bulk (UN3480/PI965). Many devices depend on lithium-ion batteries in order to function. The new requirements apply to all such batteries, whether they can be...
Grow revenue through cross-border commerce
Why you should engage in cross-border commerce Cross-border commerce - First of all, because Germany products are in high demand. Made in Germany is still much of a quality seal in foreign lands like China, Japan, Russia and USA. On the other hand, there is a large...
Reducing shipping costs
Looking to reduce shipping costs? Then you are in good company! The latest study on logistics by the Händlerbund, the German union of resellers, shows that 85 per cent of the polled eCommerce resellers seek to reduce shipping costs and optimise shipping. The...
PARCEL.ONE – new service provider for international shipping
New service provider – PARCEL.ONE c.b.c. logistics is expanding its portfolio of services providers in the area of international shipping. After a successful project phase mit 25 selected eCommerce resellers, c.b.c. logistics ran extensive tests on the services of...
plentymarkets integrates c.b.c. logistics
The new version of plentymarkets 7 provides the opportunity for order fulfilment via c.b.c. logistics directly in the order processing section of plentymarkets. Domestic shipping in Germany can be carried out by DHL or UPS. International shipping from Germany is...
LogSelect Update & guide data DHL
You certainly attach great importance to rapid successful delivery of the goods to your customers and uncomplicated as possible shipping process with comfortable features !? We as your partner pay attention to your needs and therefore develop LogSelect for you....
plentyMarkets online retailer Congress 2016
Visit us at this year's plentyMarkets online retailer Congress. We rock along with plentyMarkets at the online retailer Congress 2016. This is the best platform for online merchants, newcomers or industry insiders of the scene. As an official partner of plentyMarkets...
UPS abolishes key account discounts
UPS does not wish to offer preferential conditions to large retailers anymore. This should allow to save on costs, though the course of action may cost dearly. UPS will not offer large online retailers any preferential conditions for shipping oversized parcels round...
New payment modality from 01/07/2015
We would like to inform you that DHL has changed our payment modality. As of 01/07/2015 billing takes place not every 14 days but every 10 days. We would also like to inform you that the charge for return debit notes is changed to €9.00 net per entry. Further current...
Deutsche Post: ver.di demand jeopardises jobs and offers no options for growth
Deutsche Post DHL Group | 08 June 2015: The offer made by ver.di contributes nothing to job security and company survival. The group rejects the current demand of the labour union ver.di. The offer made by ver.di contributes nothing to job security and company...
Letter and parcel carriers on strike indefinitely from today – post strike 2015
Letter and parcel carriers of Deutsche Post are progressively going on strike for an indefinite period as of today in the afternoon. This was announced by the labour union Verdi in Berlin today. Source: +++ Post-Streik im News-Ticker +++: Briefträger und Paketboten...
Phishing: DHL falls prey to spam wave
There is a rise in the amount of phishing e-mails with DHL marked as the "sender". What to bear in mind: read on at logistik-watchblog.de. Quelle: Phishing: DHL ist Opfer von Spam-Welle | Logistik-Watchblog
DPD delivers on Saturdays all over the country
DPD targets private customers with its deliveries on Saturdays. According to the company, the service will be expanded to cover all of Germany, that is the cities along with the countryside. Learn more here: Source: DPD liefert flächendeckend auch am Samstag |...
c.b.c. closed on Thursday, 23/04/2015
Dear customer, we would like to notify you of the upcoming training aimed at improving our service quality, which will be provided to our entire staff on Thursday, 23/04/2015. Our team will be unavailable during the whole day. In case of urgent issues with immediate...
Warning strikes again at Deutsche Post / DHL
he parcel and post delivery branches of Deutsche Post are hit by yet another wave of strikes. Postal customers will have to deal with delayed correspondence again. After Verdi and the management of Deutsche Post failed to reach an agreement on reducing the working...
Ver.di calls for warning strikes at Deutsche Post / DHL
Gestern hat ver.di mögliche Warnstreiks im Tarifkonflikt mit der Deutschen Post AG noch vor den Osterfeiertagen angekündigt. Ver.di ruft vor Ostern zu Warnstreiks bei der Post auf. Die Arbeitnehmer fordern eine Verkürzung der Arbeitszeit bei vollem Lohnausgleich. Zu...
The eBay shipping carton and packing tape eBay
NEW: The eBay shipping carton and packing tape eBay. Developed jointly by eBay and our partner PaketPlus specifically for eBay traders and now in Package Plus on sale: Link: https://www.paketplus.de/versandpartner-kartonbestellung.htm