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19 COMMERCIAL maltatoday | SUNDAY • 9 DECEMBER 2018 Express Trailers launches redesigned ShipLowCost.com platform EXPRESS Trailers has not only revamped its ShipLowCost on- line platform with a new look but more importantly, it has extended its offering to now al- low customers to send anything they want to anywhere in the world through an online plat- form in just a few clicks. "Since the genesis of ShipLow- Cost, it was always part of our strategic plan to also serve the local retailer in gaining access to the global market. Retail- ers are moving towards omni- channel by adding e-commerce to their brick-and-mortar out- lets. One of the bigger chal- lenges being in an island, is the efficiency and effectiveness of the delivery of e-sales to their customer around the world. By providing local online sell- ers with a platform that enables them to sell to anywhere in the world, we are actually enabling everyone to become a global re- tailer," said Franco Azzopardi, Chairman and CEO of Express Trailers. "To date, ShipLowCost.com was geared mainly towards on- line shoppers who redirected their online purchases to one of our depots spread around Europe and from there, we had them shipped directly to Malta through our extensive road network. The strength in this offering is that we own our fleet and we have thousands of trips to and from Malta to make this offering efficient. Now, the service is being extended to anyone, business or individual, who wants to sell and ship to anywhere in the world." "In fact, we have launched the service now, at this particular time of the year for those many customers who might also wish to send presents to their loved ones abroad over the Christ- mas season," added Franco Azzopardi. "Being strongly en- trenched in total logistics, we can support our exporting cli- ent through a few clicks, with a collection service, right-sizing of packing boxes and also for the bigger retailer, managed warehousing with a pick-pack- deliver option." "This project, to which we have been affording a lot of en- ergy over the past three years, contributes further to strength- ening Express Trailers' leading position in Malta's logistics sec- tor," added Franco Azzopardi. ShipLowCost.com is going to remain one of the main priori- ties and goals for 2019 for Ex- press Trailers. "From a commercial aspect, we are going to enhance Ship- LowCost.com's B2B capability to include an export service for online sales done by Malta- based retailers. With this new enabling service, one does not need to be a huge exporter to sell abroad. Indeed, one will be able to sell even small quan- tities and rely on the best of breed logistics for export and final delivery," concluded Fran- co Azzopardi.