04/11/2015
Postal News and Information from Around the World
Postal News and Information from Around the World
FINLAND: YLE: On Monday national postal service workers walked out in protest against Posti outsourcing its work and forcing staff members to train the temp workers. Mail deliveries will experience severe delays in coming days.
NETHERLANDS: Post & Parcel: Herna Verhagen, the CEO of PostNL, commented: “We have made significant progress in transforming PostNL into an efficient, flexible, customer oriented and financially healthy company over the past few years. By building on our core competences, we are prepared for the continuously changing markets in which we operate. At the same time, we have strengthened our quality, customer satisfaction and employee engagement, creating an attractive place to work for our people and a company that is committed to making the lives of our customers easier. “Our 2020 ambition is being the postal & logistic solution provider in chosen markets. This overall ambition is being supported by the focus within our segments.
CANADA: Post & Parcel: “Traditionally, mass merchants and fashion retailers have generated the bulk of e-commerce parcel growth,” said Canada Post. “But as Canadians transition from being first-time to frequent shoppers and eventually hyper shoppers (11+ times annually) they are branching out and buying different kinds of items online. Here, the data points to the emergence of three new e-commerce growth sectors: Toys/Hobbies (21%) e-commerce parcel volume growth; Office Supplies (15%) and Sporting Goods (11%).” Commenting on the data, Danielle Doiron, Director of Parcel Market Development, Canada Post, said: “As Canada Post delivers two out of every three parcels we’re committed to supporting retailers to help them make the most of the online opportunity. To do this, we offer not only convenience-based delivery solutions, like FlexDelivery, but relevant research to help them better understand and maximize the current e-commerce growth opportunity.” As Post&Parcel reported last Wednesday, Canada Post has just launched a new concept drive-thru and parcel pick-up store in Richmond Hill, Ontario, which is focused on catering to the needs of the online shopper.
Promotion of Timescale Postal Assistant to LSG (GL) on regular basis - TamilNadu Circle (dtd 02/11/2015)