UPS to expand My Choice, Access Point networks

The integrator plans on 20,000 Access Point locations by the end of 2015.    UPS will expand its UPS My Choice and the UPS Access Point network, making it available “to consumers in 15 additional countries throughout North America and Europe” with plans to expand the access point network next year to “all major U.S. metropolitan markets.”
   In January, the company will add all 4,400 UPS store locations throughout the United States to the UPS Access Point network It also will grow its 12,000 UPS Access Point locations in seven European countries to 20,000 locations in key markets throughout Europe and the Americas by the end of 2015.
   Later this month, both services will be available in Poland, Italy, Canada and Mexico.
   “UPS My Choice has received outstanding customer response and continues to experience rapid growth with one new consumer enrollment every six seconds,” said Alan Gershenhorn, UPS executive vice president and chief commercial officer. “Our mobile apps allow users to access UPS My Choice with their smart phone in a streamlined manner, and offers several delivery and shipping solutions that fit their needs.”
   The Access Point network allows consumers to pick up packages when it is inconvenient for them to wait at home. UPS drivers will leave a note on a consumer’s door informing him or her the package can be picked up at an access point. These access points are local businesses selected based on being “approximately 10 minutes or less from the consumer’s delivery address.”
   Consumers can also deliver pre-labeled and prepaid packages to access point locations during store hours.
   The company said UPS My Choice is already used by more than 10 million U.S. consumers. It has 300 access point locations in New York City and Chicago.