Chronopost expects growth in Christmas parcel volumes
The rise of Chronopost activity is carried by the excellent prospect for the on line sales. It is expected that Christmas sales on Internet will pass the 3 billion euros (against 2,5 billion euros in 2006) and more than 20 million online purchaser (Source: Fevad). It is estimated that each online french purchaser will spend on average 413 euros on the Web in this end of the year (Source: Forrester Research).
Express carrier Chronopost is expecting strong growth in parcel volumes this Christmas as it benefits from the growth of e-commerce sales in France.
The La Poste subsidiary said it expects to deliver a total of 6.5 million parcels during December, with weekly growth rates of 15 pct in the first week of December, 25 pct in the second, and 45 pct in the third.
To cope with the additional volumes, Chronoposts has set up 650 additional delivery rounds a day during the peak period and more than 100 additional linehaul connections. It will deliver parcels throughout Saturday, December 22 as well as on December 24.
