Working towards the new Parcelforce
1995
Parcels per annum UK* UK – Europe UK – ROW
The market 622m 24.8m 19.8m
Excludes volume from 6 large MO companies.
Market Av. price £4.89 £14.86 £24.41
Mix Next Day /urgent 63% 35% 38%
2 Day/ day certain 12% 43% n/a%
3 Day+/non urgent 14% 22% 62%
Mix B2B 99% 99% 100%
B2Household 11% 1% 0%
2001 (estimated)
Parcels per annum UK* UK- Europe UK – ROW
The Market 621m 30m 22m.
Excludes volume from 6 large MO companies
Market Av. price £4.42 £14.00 £23.00
Mix Next Day /urgent 70% 36% 72%
2 Day/day certain 15% 49% n/a
3 Day+/non urgent 9% 15% 28%
Mix B2B 80% 93% 95%
B2Household 20% 7% 5%
* Note: Does not include Same Day market
Source: NOP and market measurment survey PMA for pricing data.
Challenges ahead:
Networks – Optimise
Global consolidation – Express
Home Shopping – Economics
Counter Network – Exclusive access shared
Technology – Economics, convergence
Resourcing – Exit
