News / E-commerce fulfilment a challenge for cities, but green schemes are working

Credit Purolator.

E-commerce fulfilment has brought challenges to urban administrations worldwide, as they try to mitigate its impact on local communities.

Some are working with parcel carriers, while others banish them from central areas.

Purolator Courier, Canada’s largest parcel and express carrier, is experimenting with a new distribution concept for e-commerce in the nation’s largest city, Toronto. Last month, it opened a mini retail outlet in a parking lot.

This latest micro fulfilment hub is a 40ft container, from where local residents can ship or ...