The shipment requests they receive may surprise you; while clothes donations are standard issue (and surely appreciated), the most frequently requested items include condoms, sanitary pads, and contact lenses.
Roadway agreed in August to buy Arnold Industries to add overnight truck shipments as customers request faster, more frequent delivery service.
Chinese steel producers reportedly have requested shipment delays from some iron ore producers, such as Mount Gibson Iron, whose shares plunged 13.7%.
Fish and Wildlife Service agents and postal investigators posed as buyers and contacted Mr. Koppler at his home in Wachtberg, Germany, to request tarantula shipments in the spring and summer.
The gallery wired the money in early February, and, for security reasons, requested that shipment be delayed until just before the opening.
Today, the stores don't request new shipments from their banks, and the clerks see the Sacagawea dollars only if a customer happens to spend them, said Thomas Williams, a Wal-Mart spokesman.
Today, the stores don't request new shipments from their banks, and the clerks see the Sacagawea dollars only if a customer happens to spend them, according to Thomas Williams, a spokesman at Wal-Mart's headquarters in Bentonville, Ark.
In a nod to news stories that have emerged from the country gamers can also ride Chicago Bulls basketballs, in homage to Denis Rodman, and fly giant rabbits based on reports that the North Korean embassy requested a shipment from a breeder in Germany in 2007.
When field commanders urgently requested shipments of MRAPs, which have heavy armor and V-shaped bottoms to deflect blasts from below, they were largely ignored for more than two years.
Analysis conducted in 2011 showed that partner country programs requesting emergency shipments (ie, shipments with a requested delivery date of less than 60 days from the order date) received delivery in an average of 28 days from RDCs, out of RDC stock, compared with an average of 72 days directly from manufacturers.
PerkinElmer notified governmental officials and, at their request, sent a shipment of 66 triggers, secretly disabled.
