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  2. Package delivery - Wikipedia

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    Package delivery or parcel delivery is the delivery of shipping containers, parcels, or high-value mail as single shipments. The service is provided by most postal systems, express mail, private courier companies, and less-than-truckload shipping carriers. [1] Package delivery is different in each country, and how packages are delivered is ...

  3. Third-party logistics - Wikipedia

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    Third-party logistics providers include freight forwarders, courier companies, and other companies integrating and offering subcontracted logistics and transportation services. Hertz and Alfredsson (2003) describe four categories of 3PL providers: [4] Standard 3PL Provider. this is the most basic form of a 3PL provider.

  4. Courier - Wikipedia

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    Courier in Taipei, Taiwan, organizing parcels for delivery A courier is a person or organization that delivers a message, package or letter from one place or person to another place or person. [ 1 ] Typically, a courier provides their courier service on a commercial contract basis; however, some couriers are government or state agency employees ...

  5. United Parcel Service - Wikipedia

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    ups.com. Footnotes / references. [1][2][3][4][5] United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) is an American multinational shipping & receiving and supply chain management company founded in 1907. [1] Originally known as the American Messenger Company specializing in telegraphs, UPS has expanded to become a Fortune 500 company [6] and one of the world's ...

  6. Offer and acceptance - Wikipedia

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    Contract law. Offer and acceptance are generally recognized as essential requirements for the formation of a contract (together with other requirements such as consideration and legal capacity). Analysis of their operation is a traditional approach in contract law. This classical approach to contract formation has been modified by developments ...

  7. Mail - Wikipedia

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    The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. [1] A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century, national postal systems have generally been established as a government monopoly, with a fee on the article prepaid.

  8. Side letter (contract law) - Wikipedia

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    Under the law of contracts, a side letter has the same force as the underlying or primary contract. However, the validity of side letters has been denied by some courts in specific circumstances. [1] Side letters are often used in financial or property transactions, or other commercial contracts. They are usually in the form of a letter signed ...

  9. DHL - Wikipedia

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    www.dhl.com. DHL is a German logistics company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. [5] It provides courier, package delivery and express mail service, delivering over 1.7 billion parcels per year. [6] A subsidiary of the German logistics firm DHL Group, its express mail service DHL Express is one of the market leaders for parcel services in Europe.