NPD Logistics buys Urban Direct to add 10:30AM delivery to its network

What's the deal? NPD LogisticsDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has acquired Urban DirectDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a New York City-based Priority Overnight shipping company that specialises in 10:30AM next-day delivery. Terms were not disclosed. Urban Direct will be fully integrated into NPD, with its operations, technology, and client relationships moving under the NPD brand.

What do they do? Newark-based NPD is a national logistics and supply chain provider serving businesses of all sizes. Urban Direct has built a customer base of small and medium-sized businesses across the legal, parts and tools, and dental sectors.

What's the endgame? The deal adds a time-critical delivery capability to NPD's network and strengthens its position in dense metropolitan markets. It follows NPD's earlier acquisition of 24/7 Delivers, part of a strategy to expand coverage and same-day and next-day capacity.

What they're saying: "We're excited to welcome Urban Direct and its clients to NPD," said Nicholas Racioppo, chief executive officer of NPD Logistics.

Urban Direct founder Scott Kauffman said NPD "brings the additional selling and infrastructure capabilities that will help accelerate and expand Urban Direct's growth in New York and across the country."

The signal: Regional couriers with specialised, service-sensitive niches are becoming acquisition targets as national players build out last-mile capacity through targeted deals rather than organic growth.

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