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Parcelnet links up with Hermes
“We want to be part of the European network as part of Hermes,” Parcelnet’s Managing Director Carole Woodhead said. German-based Hermes is building up a European network with sister companies Parcelnet, Mondial Relay (France) and Porta a Porta (Italy) as well as its subsidiary in Austria.
Parcelnet is currently testing cross-border deliveries from Britain to Germany for TV shopping company QVC, Woodhead said. “More British companies are interested in Europe, and there are European customers with UK shipments,” she commented. The home delivery firm, which has so far used other European carriers for its cross-border shipments, is also in talks with France’s Mondial Relay over cooperation. “In future we want a common service offer,” she added.
Parcelnet currently handles about 110 million parcels a year, has revenues of over GBP 200 million (EUR 257 million) and “is a profitable company”, Woodhead stressed.
Read MoreHermes launches simplified brand and builds up European B2C network
German consumer parcels firm Hermes has launched a simplified brand under its plans to develop a pan-European B2C network.
The company is dropping its German-language description “Logistik Gruppe” (“Logistics Group”) and will simply market itself as “Hermes” in future, using a modernised corporate logo. Hermes will retain its well-established claim “Weil’s gut ankommt” (literally “Because it gets there properly”) , translating this in its new European markets into appropriate local-language versions focusing on comfortable shipping and delivery services.
Hermes is currently working on establishing operational standards for cross-border parcels, and the challenge would be to ensure a consistent service offer in all markets, she commented. Other success factors for cross-border B2C delivery would be a reliable returns service, full tracking and tracing, attractive pricing and cost control.
The European B2C market was forecast to grow to EUR 10.5 billion by 2016, with the three major markets of the UK, Germany and France representing 71 pct of these revenues, Müller said. Italy, Austria, Spain and the Netherlands would be the next-largest markets. But it would not be sufficient to offer only these core markets, since customers would want deliveries in smaller markets as well, she noted.
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