CD&L says it intents to test market its own online shopping service, ClickCourier.Net, that will feature same-day delivery capacity using its already-established network. Products would be supplied through alliances with brand-name retailers of books, groceries, movies and other "urgent-delivery" commodities.
South Hackensack, N.J.-based CD&L says it plans to forge alliances with established retailers that have centrally located stores with a complete inventory.
John Ovens, Group President of CD&L's recently formed Courier Division, says that many startup dot-coms are applying large sums of capital to build their own brick-and-mortar distribution centers, to accumulate inventory, to solve supply chain complexities, to initiate same-day delivery and to attract qualified management and experienced delivery personnel. CD&L will use its established same-day delivery structure to fulfill the online customer demand. "By identifying and partnering with large retailers already providing 'in-store' and 'catalog' shopping, CD&L can provide instantly recognized product offerings at competitive prices to the online consumer with significantly less capital and with proven customer service integrity," he says.
CD&L is a full-service, same-day ground and air delivery and logistics company with annual revenues of about $225 million. It uses about 1,700 independent contractors to provide time-sensitive delivery services to thousands of businesses, it says.
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