Tag: La Poste

Chronopost expects growth in Christmas parcel volumes

Posted by | Dec 10, 2007 | |

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.

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DPD chooses BroadVision

Posted by | Dec 10, 2007 | |

BroadVision, Inc., a global provider of e-business solutions, announced today that DPD selected BroadVision(R) CAS(TM) (Commerce Agility Suite(TM)) 8.1 as the web platform and application for global deployment of its new Internet presence www.dpd.com and the new e-commerce applications.

“We have developed DPD from a company serving domestic markets to a real international organization. We’re focusing on expanding the network and offering our customers a homogeneous product portfolio with international products and fully integrated services,” says Dr. Pia-Maria Zecevic, Director Communications of DPD. “BroadVision enables us to create a multi-language site with an integrated system and application architecture. Ease of web content management; reusable components; and reduced maintenance and administrative overhead made the decision easy to go with BroadVision’s solution suite.”

“We are pleased that DPD, a leading European parcel provider, selected our innovative BroadVision Commerce Agility Suite as its web platform,” said Andrea Rubei, General Manager of EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), BroadVision, Inc. “BroadVision Commerce Agility Suite is a proven integrated platform for strategic companies that want superior flexibility, scalability and cost-effective components.”

DPD also chose BroadVision Global Services to implement the project.

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Air Contractors bags French post

Posted by | Dec 5, 2007 | |

AIR Contractors has acquired French postal provider Europe Airpost.

Exclusive negotiations were completed on 30 November between Air Contractors and La Poste.

A number of formalities, including the privatisation approval of EAP will now follow. These are expected to be completed by early February 2008.

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Chronopost delivers iPhones for France Télécom in high-security operation

Posted by | Nov 29, 2007 | |

La Poste’s French domestic express subsidiary Chronopost successfully contributed to the launch of Apple’s popular new iPhones in France by transporting 25,000 mobiles to 650 branches of France Telecom last week in a high-security operation.

Chronopost picked up the 25,000 iPhones from the French communications group and transported them under escort to its hub in Massy. There they were sorted under surveillance for onward distribution by a special team in 10 dedicated trucks accompanied by security guards to 55 regional Chronopost depots.

The high-value phones were then delivered to 650 local offices of France Telecom under special security arrangements. To ensure a smooth delivery, France Telecom provided security guards at the entrance of each office.

“Chronopost was able to meet our high expectations for this extremely sensitive delivery in terms of delivery times and shipments safety,” stated Claude Sanchez, responsible for transport procurement at France Telecom Supply Chain France.

“For this operation, Chronopost gathered together its entire know-how in express delivery, especially in applying security measures for the treatment of sensitive products. All of the Chronopost teams, which are used to this procedure, were mobilized for this project to respond to our customers’ needs,” added Andrè Valade, Chronopost security manager.

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Public consultation on access to mail boxes installed in apartment buildings with controlled access

Posted by | Nov 29, 2007 | |

ARCEP is launching a consultation on how to provide access to mail boxes installed in apartment buildings with controlled access.

An increasing number of apartment building residents are opting for permanently restricted access. Yet, at the same time, changing lifestyles require that more and more service providers frequently enter apartment buildings, to exercise their activity on residents’ request, in particular for distribution or for personal service.

Today, authorised postal operators (1) and press carriers face difficulties gaining access to mail boxes inside apartment buildings with controlled access systems, such as Vigik.

However, article L. 5-10 of the post and electronic communications code (CPCE) states: “In order to be able to distribute postal items, the universal service provider and bearers of the authorisation covered by Article L. 3 have access to individual mail boxes, under identical conditions which are defined by a decree of the Council of State, established following an opinion issued by the Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes”.

For this reason, ARCEP is opening a public consultation on the solutions and necessary changes to the effective application of Article L. 5-10 of the CPCE. A number of scenarios are possible, on which ARCEP wishes to collect as many opinions from players as possible. These scenarios aim to reconcile residents’ demand for security and the increase in the number of service providers having to enter apartment buildings to meet residents’ needs.

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