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- DHL announces moderate price increase for international parcels 2nd June 2025As of July 1, 2025, DHL will moderately increase prices for private customer parcels and parcels abroad. In doing so, the parcel service provider adjusts the parcel prices for the various country zones differently and even more cost-oriented.
- DPD: By working side by side with the innovators, we hope to solve more of the problems 2nd June 2025UK parcel delivery company DPD has partnered with Deus Robotics to create a tailored end-to-end robotic warehouse automation solution.
- Asendia: 62% of UK retailers are still confident in cross-border sales growth 2nd June 2025Asendia’s latest research, Beyond Borders: Cross-border e-commerce opportunities in a fast-changing world reveals that the majority of British-based retailers are refusing to retreat from international growth.
- Canada Post Moves Toward Vote 31st May 2025Canada Post has asked the Minister of Jobs and Families to exercise her authority, under section 108.1 of the Canada Labour Code, to direct that a vote take place, administered by the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), on the final offers submitted by Canada Post to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) on May 28, […]
- DHL eCommerce UK: convenience is the thing that matters most to shoppers 30th May 2025DHL eCommerce UK has today announced its new partnership with retail technology company, HubBox, to make it easy for retailers to offer out-of-home deliveries and enhance the shopper experience with international orders.
- Canada Post: Our current structure was built for a bygone era of letter mail 28th May 2025Canada Post recorded a loss before tax of $841 million in 2024 – the seventh consecutive annual loss for the Corporation.
- Royal Mail launches UK’s “greenest delivery office” 28th May 2025Royal Mail has launched a delivery office, entirely powered by renewable energy. Harehills Delivery Office’s 19 iconic red vans are all electric vehicles, and the office uses an air source heat pump.
- Canada Post: It’s unclear how CUPW’s strike action may evolve 23rd May 2025The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has launched a nationwide overtime ban for employees in both the Urban and RSMC (Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers) bargaining units. This is a legal strike action and means that CUPW-represented employees will refuse to work overtime across the company.
- Ofcom opens investigation into Royal Mail’s compliance 23rd May 2025Ofcom has today opened an investigation into Royal Mail’s compliance with its regulatory obligations for 2024/25, following the company’s publication of its annual delivery performance results this afternoon.
- Eco-smart 23rd May 2025Anna-Karin Karlsson, PostNord's Nordic Product Manager, speaks to Post & Parcel about the packaging pilot they are running in Sweden with Vinted.