Post-Expo 2017 and the Postal Innovation Platform (PIP) are inviting start-ups from all over the global postal ecosystem to present their bright new ideas, products and solutions to a wide industry audience and a jury of postal and logistics experts will deliberate and rank the best examples according to designated award criteria. Read More
Announced this week, China state firms, including the Postal Savings Bank of China, have teamed up on an initiative to invest in new technologies, in “emerging strategic industries,” including robotics, clean energy, aerospace, quantum communication, high-speed rail and 3D printing. The initiative takes advantage of a 200 billion yen venture capital fund approved by China’s Read More
One doesn’t have to search the latest newsfeed long to find a variety of reports on how posts are exploring new business models – or how they are faring under models already implemented – as a result of how the mail/parcels mix is changing with the growth of ecommerce and decline in letters. Japan Post Read More
L2 on April 21, 2017, announced availability of its latest business intelligence analysis: “Amazon Intelligence: Prime Assortment.” “Amazon Prime’s industry-leading fulfillment services are changing how consumers shop for everyday items, encouraging replenishment and subscription-based shopping across a wide range of CPG categories,” L2 said. “By tailoring their distribution strategies on the platform to focus on Read More
PostalVision 2020/7.0 Event to Showcase Innovators and Entrepreneurs March 13, 2017 (Arlington, Va.) – As eCommerce continues to grow, so do customer demands – not only for low cost (or free!) and fast shipping and returns options, but also for customized solutions that fit their needs, and give them more control over the how, Read More
PostalVision 2020/7.0 Event to Include Virtual Reality Experiences As always, PostalVision and new technology are “virtually” synonymous…our past events featured drones way before they were envisioned for package delivery; rapid packaging innovation and community intranet developments; and last year Starship’s ground delivery robots were tooling up and down the halls of our event! Read More
PostalVision 2020/7.0 Event to Feature New Digital-Physical Business Models PostalVision 2020/7.0 will feature a long list of speakers and sessions focused not only on new business models on the parcel side of the ecosystem, but also on the mail side. The March 21-22, 2017 event will continue the dialogue about the future needs of Americans Read More
Key Speakers Announced with More to Come! “Delivery by Design” Event to be Held January 23, 2017—Limited Seating! More information and registration details PostalVision 2020 today announced more key speakers for its January 23, 2017, “Delivery by Design” one-day event to be held at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, in Read More
Written by David Lione, Senior Enterprise Account Director, for PostalVision 2020 Pillar Sponsor OpenMarket SMS, or text messaging, is one of the most widely used communication tools for consumers, and arguably the most effective, with over 80% of consumers opening text messages within just 90 seconds of receiving them. In addition, a recent OpenMarket survey stat Read More
For those who may not be aware of it, the USPS for many years now has conducted an annual study that provides a wealth of data about mail – and parcels – received and sent by households. The USPS “Household Diary Study” is conducted each year with over 5,000 households participating by recording all Read More
A prestigious list of global postal industry leaders will gather to participate in the upcomingPostalVision 2020 event, to be held March 15-16, 2016, in the Washington DC area. Executives from a variety of foreign posts, the head of the USPS’ global business group, the Universal Postal Union (UPU) product strategy manager, and leading international Read More
It was still quite warm in Geneva and Paris at the time of September’s key international postal conferences, the Postal Innovation Platform (PIP) and PostExpo. But the atmosphere of approaching seasonal change was very much in the air, as was the conversation about the accelerating rate of change in the global postal ecosystem. A consensus Read More
Parcel log-jams Laura Kusisto’s recent WSJ piece “Web-Shopping Deluge Boxes In Landlords” is a fascinating depiction of the power of “B2Me” getting out of control. American consumers are becoming accustomed to buying almost anything and everything online and are expecting to receive their purchases whenever and wherever they want them. Since urban apartment dwellers are Read More
