Local in brief

Two new retailers open in metro Atlanta

Two retailers have opened new stores in metro Atlanta recently.

Electronics retailer hhgregg has opened a new store in Snellville. That makes 11 stores hhgregg has opened in Georgia during the last six years, and 111 stores nationwide for the publicly traded Indianapolis-based chain.

Dollar Tree, a publicly-traded retailer based in Chesapeake, Va., is opening a new store in Alpharetta.

The company has more than 3,600 stores in 48 states, with more than 70 stores in metro Atlanta. RACHEL TOBIN RAMOS

Delta's passenger, cargo traffic declines

Delta Air Lines said its planes averaged 81.4 percent full last month, down slightly from 81.9 percent a year earlier.

The Atlanta-based carrier cut its capacity by 7.1 percent in April from a year ago, while traffic fell 7.7 percent.

Delta also reported its cargo traffic was down 37 percent in April. KELLY YAMANOUCHI

UPS to service electronics in India

UPS soon will have a network of 130 warehouses where it can service electronics in India.

Called "field stocking locations," UPS has 700 facilities worldwide where it handles "post-sales" repairs and spare parts for electronics manufacturers.

In other words, if a cellphone breaks, customers can mail the phone to a stocking facility where UPS replaces the phone or parts and mails it back.

These field stocking facilities will be the company's first ones in India.

"Asia continues to be a global manufacturing hub and market research indicates Asia's contract logistics market could overtake North America's in the next five years," said Brad Mitchell, president of UPS Logistics & Distribution, in a statement.

UPS signed an agreement with AFL, a leading Indian logistics company, to use the company's warehouses.

In addition, UPS is opening a post-sales support center for Asia in Clark, Philippines.