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Express Delivery under Pressure to Add More Value as Parcel Service Closes the Gap
Europe’s parcel and express delivery business is expected to continue to grow at a higher rate than in previous years due to an increase in business-to-consumer (B2C) traffic and strong international demand, according to new research by market analyst Datamonitor.
However, the research, “European Express Market Map 2008,” which covers 12 major European markets, says that although currently exhibiting a higher growth rate than parcel services, express services are going to have to demonstrate extra value as customer demand is shifting to using cheaper yet reliable parcel services in key growth areas of international and business-to-consumer (B2C) delivery services.
“Over the next five years, the B2C and C2C (consumer-to-consumer) sectors will experience faster growth than B2B (business-to-business), due to increased e-commerce activity, especially in less mature home delivery markets such as Italy and Spain,” said Erik van Baaren, Datamonitor express analyst and author of the study.
International services are also growing at a higher rate primarily due to the enlargement of the European Union and the trend to centralize operations to fewer countries and outsource manufacturing to low-cost countries, according to van Baaren.
Read MoreGreen Post Project financed by the European Commission
On 31 October 2007, Poste Italiane presented in Perugia, Italy, the Green Post project carried out in cooperation with PostEurop and approved by the EC-EACI for its innovative nature and international commitment. The other European partners are:
– Magyar Posta (Hungary)
– La Poste – De Post (Belgium)
– The City of Perugia
– The University of Perugia/CIRIAF
– Legambiente
– Ducati Energia
– The University of Rousse (Bulgaria)
The programme, which is aimed at testing an electric and hybrid vehicle (the “Free Duck” Quadricycle), will be implemented during 30 months and consists in providing mail delivery service in the historical centre of the city of Perugia by means of 57 quadricycles (produced by “Ducati Energia”) with electric and hybrid traction as an alternative to the classic motorcycles currently used by postmen in Europe.
Similar initiatives are also to be developed in Brussels as well as in the historical center of Szentendre, Hungary, and PostEurop (Mr Antonino Scribellito, Project Manager) will be in charge of extending the initiative to other European operators.
Energy and environmental performances will be monitored in cooperation with the University of Perugia/CIRIAF in order to develop models aimed at the reduction of air and acoustic pollution in other urban areas.
The Universities involved (University of Perugia and University of Rousse) will share the results of the initiative which will be communicated at EU level during a final event organized under the umbrella of the European Agency.
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With more than 9 million users in Italy, Postepay is a prepaid rechargeable Visa Electron card, issued by Poste Italiane. The key to the success of this card is the simplicity of use and accessibility of purchase and funding the card in any post office in the country.
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Read MoreThree new Posts sign up as members of Triangle’s Global Post Office Retail Benchmarking Group
Triangle are pleased to announce and welcome three new Post Office networks as members of the Post Office Retail Benchmarking Group. Poste Italiane, HayPost and Saudi Post have all recently joined and will be attending the next Benchmarking meeting to be held at PosTech in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on the 13th November 2007.
Alberto Buttaroni, Head of Operations and Customer Care at Poste Italiane commented: “To join the Global Post Office Retail Benchmarking Group is a way to step into wider relations with foreign Postal Operators, with a particular focus on product development. We are pleased to create a link between different postal organizations because we believe this can be an opportunity to find out more about different countries and improve our know-how. In this way we believe we can learn more about each others companies by comparing particular solutions to the same issue.”
The main objectives for the group is to create a cooperative environment to share information to develop “best in class”, compare KPI’s against each other, conduct best practice studies of important business processes and be kept updated on global developments within the Post Office industry.
The group now has 10 Post Office networks as members and include An Post, Emirates Post, Egypt Post, Jersey Post, HayPost, Lebanon Post, Poste Italiane, UK Post Office, Saudi Post and South African Post Office.
If you are interested in joining the group and would like to be considered for membership, please email Triangle’s Benchmarking Coordinator Marcin at [email protected].
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