UPS announced recently, are teaming up to the European market operators Kiala offers "access point" service, formally entered the UK B2C market.
 
"Access point" refers to the terminal specially for delivery Courier service outlets, store the package. UPS hope the service can let the parties involved to benefit from it. For online users, they can choose to shop to pick up my package to the package in non-working time; For retailers, the service for the integration of the supply chain, reduce delivery failure rate; For Internet businesses, "ap" network make it more close to the real network, effective returns management.
 
To this, UPS plan of building 600 "access point" in the UK, and branches extend in the summer of 2013 to 1500. UPS Europe strategic vice-president Joe Mozzali said the company eventually plan to build 4000 "access point" in the UK, and plan to in the second half of this year to extend the business to Germany.
 
It is reported, UPS in February 2012 Kiala successful acquisition of the Belgian company, to expand the B2C delivery market, big push into electricity business areas laid a solid foundation. Kiala has now set up the site in the five European countries, at the same time, ups can provide return service in 125 countries.
 
"Access point" service will remind consumer package has arrived at a local "access point", will remind merchants parcel back. In addition, can be realized based on geographic information system for real-time monitoring network traffic, once found a "access point" unable to undertake business, the system will automatically the grey "access point" status, and guide network merchants will parcel to nearby stores.