Author: George Hari Popescu

JD.com to build 150 airports for drone delivery in China The Chinese e-commerce giant said it will build 150 airports in southwestern Sichuan province for unmanned aerial vehicle delivery. The airports are expected to open in three years and the drone delivery will help reduce the freight costs by 70 per cent. JD.com’s drone service will deliver Sichuan’s products to shoppers nationwide within 24 hours and will improve delivery efficiency in remote mountainous areas in Sichuan. JD.com has been developing drone delivery to meet the rising retail demand in China’s rural areas, where complex terrain and underdeveloped infrastructure have compromised timely human courier delivery.

Blind Kick-start for GPeC 2017 You now have the chance to pre-order your ticket for the 16-17-18 May GPeC Summit OR to register for the GPeC Competition without knowing anything, but trusting our experience, history and testimonials! You don’t know yet the confirmed speakers nor the updated audit standards, but, as you know, GPeC Summit is about relevant useful information, marketing and e-commerce advice, no blah-blah-blah included. The Competition is for e-shops that want a complex audit of their desktop and mobile websites.

Tesco expands same-day grocery click and collect Tesco shoppers who order before 9 AM can now pick up their groceries from midday onwards. This extends an existing service that sees customers order by 1 PM for pick up from 4 PM and will be available from more than 300 sites across the UK, Monday to Saturday. The move comes as more of the supermarket’s shoppers use click and collect to pick up their groceries. In the last year, the number of people using the service has grown by 20% – with 10% of all such orders picked up on the day they were ordered.

How to check a tourism website A recent scandal about some trips that were paid by customers but never offered brought back to present an old question: how do you check an online tourism website? A responsible consumer can use some simple tools and has to remember some basic information. Trusted comes with 7 pieces of advice for checking a company that has a tourism e-shop. Trusted.ro also offers an online test for owners of e-shops, already taken more than 250 times.

UPS will fly drones In a recent test, UPS used a new electric delivery truck with a drone launchpad atop it. Inside the truck, a driver loads a package into the drone’s cargo bin. Then a section of the truck’s roof slides backward so that the drone can take off. After the drone lifts off, the human drives away to deliver a separate package. Then the drone and truck rendezvous at another location, where the drone is loaded with a fresh package. If implemented, that cycle could continue for a driver’s entire shift, allowing UPS to deliver packages more efficiently and save on fuel. More details at CNN Money Online Romanian romance The online dating websites were a hit in January 2017, according to a recent research published by Sentimente.ro, the online platform that reached over 136.000 users in one week (data by Trafic.ro). Last year, almost half of Romanian adults didn’t