DiscoverPostal Hub podcastEp 373: Postal Hub 10th anniversary (part 4)
Ep 373: Postal Hub 10th anniversary (part 4)

Ep 373: Postal Hub 10th anniversary (part 4)

Update: 2025-05-21
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International postal expert Alan Barrie along with CEP-Research Chief Editor Paul Needham have their say on 10 years that have changed the delivery world.
 
Alan Barrie discusses:
  • Keeping letters profitable to avoid draining postal businesses of cash
  • The e-commerce runaway train
  • Data and the digitisation of the post
  • Transformation in the last mile
  • Growth in out-of-home parcel delivery
  • Facilitating international e-commerce via data
 
Paul Needham covers:
  • Consumer behaviour changed by the pandemic
  • Overall parcel volume growth trend in B2C and B2B
  • International parcel flows and the growth in new lanes
  • Fast growth in China and Asia
  • Amazon's emergence challenging growth of traditional parcel carriers
  • The profitability challenge
  • Consolidation in the delivery sector
  • Postal privatisation
  • Diversification of last mile delivery options
  • Sustainability
  • Innovation and the impact on availability of labour
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Ep 373: Postal Hub 10th anniversary (part 4)

Ep 373: Postal Hub 10th anniversary (part 4)

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