UPS acquiert KIALA
Par un communiqué du 15 février l'intégrateur US UPS annonce et donc confirme son acquisition de KIALA. La rédaction du communiqué confirme l'intérêt de la firme pour ce qui apparait une solution attractive pour les activités B to C du commerce électronique. Communiqué d'UPS : "UPS Acquires Kiala Atlanta, February 15, 2012 UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced it had acquired Kiala, a firm based in Brussels that provides convenient delivery options to busy consumers purchasing goods over the Internet. Kiala was launched in 2001 as a private firm and currently operates in five countries: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Spain. It has developed a platform that enables e-commerce retailers to offer their shoppers the option of having goods delivered to a convenient retail location. The acquisition will broaden UPS's service portfolio for business-to-consumer deliveries."