Reported a few weeks ago in late November but perhaps missed by many was news from the French post office.
The post office in France is about to trial 3D printing in 3 of their establishments. The service is aimed at individuals and professionals. Small corners will be set aside offering this service to the public. If successful, the French government intend to role out this new offer across the country in their main post offices – wow! – some Governments are actually on the ball.
For more details you can google translate the article from Le Monde newspaper (French). However, this is not all in La Belle France. A major retailer has decided to do likewise – Auchan is one of the largest retailers in France and it is doing likewise – A battle begins, no its a war – olivierdauvers.fr (French).