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Postal Hub podcast

Sep 19, 2022

Daniel Rueda, CEO of Open Pricer, discusses parcel pricing strategies, dynamic pricing, fuel surcharges, and more:
  • 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...