Postal Hub podcast

Sep 19, 2022

• Key parcel pricing challenges
• Volatility, inflation, and fluctuating demand influencing costs
• Impact of fuel price increases
• Fuel surcharges (or energy surcharges) and limitations of fuel indexation
• Other...

Sep 14, 2022

Rob King, co-founder and CEO of Zedify, talks about his experience running a cargo bike delivery firm. We cover:

• Creating better cities via zero emission deliveries
• Delivering from urban micro-hubs
• Decoupling trunking and last mile delivery
• Consolidating consignments for local delivery
• Partnerships with 3PLs
• Recycling...

May 30, 2022

Carmen Cureu, Market Research Director at DPDgroup, dives deep into DPDgroup’s e-commerce customer and delivery research.

• The concept of “new commerce”, and the new customer behaviours stimulated by the pandemic
• New categories of e-shoppers, and newcomers to online shopping
• Comparisons with China’s e-commerce...

Mar 4, 2022

Roel Gevaers PhD, Professor in Last Mile Logistics and Supply Chain, University of Antwerp, joins me to talk about the intersection of logistics and e-commerce. We cover:

• Amazon building its delivery capabilities in Belgium
• Strategic decision-making behind Amazon selecting sites for new delivery stations
• bol.com’s...

Dec 2, 2021

Anne Pardoe, Policy Manager for Post and Telecoms at Citizens Advice, joins me to discuss Citizens Advice’s recently published Parcel League Table:

• Overview of Citizens Advice’s role as a consumer advocate in the UK delivery sector
• Regulation of parcel delivery in the UK
• Growth in number of customers' delivery...