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Renault expects electric cars and emerging markets to boost sales
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) on Friday reported the highest-ever September sales result for its core namesake brand, with global registrations up 8 percent year-on-year to 593,700 vehicles. Nine-month deliveries of VW’s largest division by sales and revenue rose 2.7 percent to 4.49 million autos, with gains in China and the
Red Star Express – 25 Years of Delivering Peace of Mind…1
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Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx and UPS
Online retailer would deliver from other merchants’ warehouses Trial program underway on West Coast before national expansion (Bloomberg) - Amazon.com Inc. is experimenting with a new delivery service intended to make more products available for free two-day delivery and relieve overcrowding in its warehouses, according to two people familiar with the
DHL Partner MallForAfrica To Advance Cross-Border E-Commerce To USA
Africans will now be able to sell their local products to customers in the US through an eBay platform powered by MallforAfrica DHL locations across Africa will serve as pick-up and drop-off points Lagos - DHL announced today its partnership with MallforAfrica, a global e-commerce company, which will facilitate selling of
African carriers register 29.4% y-o-y growth in freight volume in August
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In order to prepare for the future, Ford will embark on a plan to bolster its bread-and-butter business of selling lucrative trucks and SUVs. CEO Jim Hackett, who took over America’s second-largest automaker in May, laid out his vision for the future Tuesday evening during a presentation to investors. But much