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Takeback Monday: Returns expected to increase by 63 per cent on first working day of the year
Takeback Monday – returns of online purchases are predicted to increase by 63 per cent compared to the average number of return parcels per day in December, according to Royal Mail*. Takeback Monday...
Read morePosti set an all-time record in parcel volumes – the Christmas season got off to a brisk start on Black Friday
Posti handled a record number of parcels last week: a total of 1.5 million parcels. The previous weekly record was set during the Christmas week last year. Posti’s Christmas season has started earli...
Read moreRecord An Post Parcel Volumes exceeding 3m Per Week
An Post’s e-Commerce Backbone handling “spectacular volumes” in run up to Black Friday Customers urged to post as early as possible, especially for International destinations An Post s...
Read moreDeutsche Post equals its own record in parcel delivery volumes
Deutsche Post has already shipped 1.6 billion parcels in Germany this year, breaking last year's record even before the hot phase of the Christmas business. Deutsche Post expects a year-on-year increa...
Read moreNorway Post is increasing the number of parcel delivery points substantially
Norway Post makes it easier to pick up e-commerce packages: When Black Friday arrives, Norway Post will have over 1,700 delivery points. There are over 130 more drop-off points than at the same time...
Read moreDeutsche Post DHL will set up around 6,000 additional Packstations (parcel lockers) for its customers by 2023
The company is thus doubling the number of vending machines from currently over 6,000 to around 12,000 Packstations. According to Tobias Meyer, Member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Post DH...
Read moreLatvijas Pasts launches modern processing and sorting equipment
Twice as many items will be processed twice as fast Latvijas Pasts has launched the first fully automated item weighing, scanning, measuring and sorting equipment, concluding the implementation o...
Read more46% of online Christmas shoppers will increase their online festive shopping this year
Research conducted by UK delivery management company Whistl, looking at online shopping behaviour in the UK found that 46% of those who bought online for Christmas 2019 plan to increase their onlin...
Read moreInternetstores chose Posti as its Finnish logistics partner
Posti and the German Internetstores online store Group have signed a cooperation agreement for deliveries in Finland. Thanks to the agreement and since the spring, Posti has been delivering products s...
Read moreLockdown fuels rise in start-ups as entrepreneurial brits drive ecommerce boom
Lockdown had the unexpected side effect of giving rise to a leap in the number of new companies being formed in the UK, with ecommerce delivery start-ups leading the pack, according to a new study com...
Read moreCross-border ecommerce Europe worth €143 billion
Cross-border ecommerce in Europe was worth 143 billion euros in 2019. And 59 percent of this market, 84 billion euros, is generated by online marketplaces. Amazon accounts for 22 percent of the mark...
Read moreNew Royal Mail research gives a fascinating insight into the deliveries that Brits have received during lockdown, and what we will be ordering in future.
New Royal Mail research reveals the items that the nation has been ordering online during lockdown; with clothing, drinks and plants emerging as some of the most popular products delivered to British...
Read moreSwiss Post acquires notime AG
On 28 August 2020, Swiss Post acquired all shares in notime AG, having previously been the majority shareholder. By doing so, Swiss Post has strengthened its position in the growing same-day delivery...
Read moreRoyal Mail reveals the UK’s online returns hotspots
Royal Mail today reveals the areas in the UK where residents have been returning the most unsuitable and ill-fitting items ordered online during lockdown as restrictions ease. Royal Mail has seen a 25...
Read moreAccording to a Royal Mail study online shopping spend increases as lockdown eases
A study released today by Royal Mail shows that consumers shopped more frequently in June 2020 and spending increased, compared to the previous month. Royal Mail’s Delivery Matters COVID-19 survey r...
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