Europe

February 16, 2012

UPS enters the European B2C local collection points market

UPS announced on February 15, 2012 the takeover of Kiala, Europe’s leader of the “pickup points” market, for an undisclosed amount. Kiala has 7,000 pickup points […]
February 27, 2012

Bpost to test new delivery services

Bpost, the Belgian postal operator, will conduct between April and December 2012 a series of pilots in four cities throughout Belgium. The Post will assess the […]
March 2, 2012

New innovative services at the Lithuanian Post

The Lithuanian Post has taken in the past few months significant steps to strengthen its core mail and financial businesses. -Financial services:  in January 2012 the […]
March 7, 2012

The CEF Initiative – a new source of funding for postal projects in Europe ?

March 6, 2012. Speaking today at CEBIT in Germany, Neelie Kroes, VP of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, reviewed the progress of the […]
March 22, 2012

Poste Italiane reinvents Cash On Delivery

Poste Italiane announced on March 15 a new partnership with Amazon.it , whereby customers will be given the option to pay Amazon goods on delivery . […]
January 17, 2015

The Parcel Revolution (1 of 4)

The growth in parcel volumes and the decline of lettermail present mid-size postal organizations with opportunities as well as challenges.  In this series of four articles, […]