Canada Post proposing reduction in hours for local offices

plans to eliminate Saturday hours of operation

The association said Canada Post reduced hours in 67 post offices in this province in 2011 and more reductions are coming in 2012

Le courrier papier n'est pas mort!

La popularité d’Internet par pays. La première place revient à… Monaco

on mesure la popularité d’Internet par le pourcentage de la population d’un pays qui est abonné au réseau des réseaux

on trouve un plus grand nombre d’utilisateurs en Chine et aux États-Unis. Sauf qu’en Chine, les 485 millions d’utilisateurs ne représentent que 36,3% de la population. Chez nos voisins du sud, l’Internet est beaucoup plus répandu avec 245 millions d’internautes, ou 78,2% de la population

According to the United Parcel Service of America, within its delivery industry, UPS placed first on four of the nine attributes used for judging, including use of corporate assets, quality of management, financial soundness and long-term investment.

UPS has been ranked No. 1 in its industry in 27 of the 31 "Most Admired" surveys conducted by FORTUNE

offrir des services électroniques sécurisés, résoudre des problèmes en matière de traitement, d’adressage et de distribution et offrir des moyens d’authentification aux entreprises et aux particuliers

Plateforme internationale.post est une plateforme où les opérateurs postaux et leurs partenaires peuvent développer des modèles commerciaux novateurs en toute sécurité et  confiance. Elle est régulée par l’UPU

La 3ème édition de l’étude « Les Français et le courrier publicitaire » réalisée par TNS Sofres confirme l’attachement des Français au courrier pour sa capacité à créer de la proximité, à apporter des informations utiles et à rassurer sur leur fiabilité. Il fait partie du quotidien des Français qui sont 91% à relever leur courrier chaque jour. Et contrairement aux idées reçues, les 15-34 ans ont une appétence particulière pour le courrier papier.

Le courrier est lu, relu et conservé : il est lu ou feuilleté par 97% des destinataires, relu par 83% et conservé par 78% d’entre eux. - Le courrier permet une consommation avisée : il est plébiscité pour recueillir de l’information ou s’informer des promotions sur des entreprises dont on est déjà client. 57% des Français le plébiscitent ainsi pour recevoir de la publicité ou être informé des promotions des grandes surfaces alimentaires. 80% déclarent qu’un échantillon joint les incite à l’achat et 86% déclarent avoir déjà utilisé des bons de réduction joints à un prospectus

Le courrier génère du trafic sur Internet : 49% des destinataires se rendent sur Internet pour se renseigner davantage sur des offres et services après avoir reçu un courrier.

The US Postal Service is now phasing out its old POSTNET barcode system, as it prepares to make its new Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb) tracking system standard across its network.

Various additional benefits are currently in development at USPS to further enhance the value of IMb Full Service, including the elimination of permit fees and new easier payment options.

USPS said wider use of its IMb system should also reduce processing costs by increasing barcode recognition rates, helping to keep down postage rates.

Yesterday international commerce leader FiftyOne announced the acquisition of Canada Post's Borderfree business unit.

FiftyOne CEO Michael DeSimone assured Canadians that this transaction will only make shopping online easier. Canadian consumers win big. High shipping costs are the single largest factor in Canadian shopping cart abandonment. I’m pleased to tell you that this transaction is only the start of our newly expanded relationship with Canada Post. Over the coming months, we will be rolling out a new Canadian logistics platform truly optimized to the needs and wants of Canadians shopping online. Faster, cheaper, with more choices.

"New research shows a significant number of Americans plan to cut their paper consumption in half in the next 5-10 years.

in a world of email, sms, personalised URLs and social media, businesses continue to devote significant budget to mailed marketing messages

Over half of respondents in both Europe (56%) and the USA (53%) declared that direct mail was the best way to reach senior management prospects.

A 2009 BrandScience report shows that combining direct mail with other single channels boosts response rates and combining mail with digital media/channels can bring about a 62% rise in responses. More striking still, a recent report by British television channel ITV found that the TV- direct mail mix could boost response by 143%.

In December, sales stemming from smartphones and tablets accounted for 11% of total online sales, up from 5.5% in December 2010, according to the IBM Benchmark report that tracks online sales of some 500 retailers. Total m-commerce sales for 2011 were expected to exceed $10 billion, according to the Internet Retailer Mobile Commerce Top 300.

When it comes to closing a sale, the iPad bested other mobile devices. The conversion rate for shoppers on iPads was 6.3% last month compared with 3.1% for mobile devices overall.

Companies AMI finding US success with Click2Ship express service Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 Air cargo and Air Express wholesaler Air Menzies International (AMI) has said its new door-to-door all-inclusive express product Click2Ship has proven a success in the US, after its first six months. The British company’s US division provides the service for shipments from envelopes up to consignments of 50 packages or 150 kilos in weight, exporting from the States to 220 countries around the world. The premise behind the service is that freight agent customers can generate an online quote for their needs, and with a single click that quote can be turned into a booking.

AMI would be launching a new Click2Ship Imports service in the first quarter of 2012. This service will operate inbound to the USA from AMI locations in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, China and the UK.

In the next three years, Swiss Post will focus even more heavily on four areas of activity: communications, logistics, retail finance and public passenger transport.

"Swiss Post Box", which has been offered by Swiss Post since 2009, will be available to customers throughout the UK. From the Isle of Man, it will operate under the name "ePostbox" as of the end of July 2011. As such, the Isle of Man Post Office will be the first licensed partner to market the digital letterbox in the UK. The new version of the digital letterbox uses a reverse hybrid mail solution, which has been developed by Swiss Post Solutions subsidiary SwissSign and Siemens Mobility. This allows an increasing number of customers to receive their mail online via their smartphone, iPad and other end devices.

The report says Americans wasted 4.8 billion hours and burned 1.9 billion gallons of fuel sitting in traffic jams in 2010.

The cost of lack of modernizing our infrastructure is a tremendous loss of productivity: the man-hours a day that are not spent in productive activity, that are spent in congestion; the increased cost in the goods we buy because of that congestion; and the enormous waste of fuel, half of which is imported

you will see a lot of companies like FedEx at least begin to experiment with over-the-road vehicles (burning natural gas)