Category: UPS Press Release

Mobile usage and importance of physical store locations both increase

E-commerce continues to accelerate in the automotive aftermarket industry. New research shows that 56% of online automotive parts and accessories shoppers are making their purchases online – an 8% increase over the previous year. The study also indicates that consumers are combining online and in-store channels for an omnichannel shopping experience. Omnichannel is when shoppers seamlessly shift between mobile, online and in-store resources to research, purchase, pick up and return their items.

The findings are from the annual UPS (NYSE:UPS) “What’s Driving the Automotive Parts Online Shopper” study.

Mobilizes Volunteer Effort to Support the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

UPS® today commenced its 13th annual Global Volunteer Month, an October tradition which invites employees to give back to the communities in which they live and work. This year, UPS is working with its global volunteer partners The International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) and Points of Light to rally its volunteer programs around the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

The UPS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of UPS (NYSE: UPS), today announced it will award more than $7.9 million to 37 non-profit organizations. These grants will support programs that champion diversity and inclusion by furthering economic empowerment, education, inclusion and mentorship.

As part of its latest charitable contributions, The UPS Foundation extended its partnership with the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) to support its Paving Access to Veterans Employment (PAVE) initiative. The agreement includes more than $1 million in cash and in-kind support over three years, beginning in 2016. Funding provides job search and reintegration resources for paralyzed service members, and support for the annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games and awards dinner.

The following is an article written by Rimas Kapeskas of UPS

Imagine a factory or warehouse where employees can work freely, no longer constrained by computer workstations or scanners that can act as chokepoints on a shop floor. With the aid of multiple, hands-free devices, workers would simply follow real-time updates and instructions that appear in their line of sight, allowing them to work smarter and faster.

In addition to digital eyewear, picture wearables and fixed sensors communicating with each other and enterprise systems, helping employees know exactly where they need to be and what to do next – at precisely the right time. Employees and wearables work in unison, reducing error rates and keeping everyone safer and more productive.

Welcome to the not-so-distant future of work as we’ll know it.

The 2007 Formula One World Drivers’ Champion opened the event and presented UPS’s Ferrari race garage, complete with a show car, race simulators, and histories of Scuderia Ferrari and UPS. Both companies have exciting and long histories that UPS is keen to celebrate and share with the people of Singapore.