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Bi-weekly update on IPC: your gateway to the postal industry
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30 years of IPC
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In 1989, posts from across the world came together and founded International Post Corporation. In these special videos on the occasion of IPC's 30th anniversary, we look at major events that happened in the same year, highlighting how far we have come over the past 30 years.
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Market News
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The latest news in the postal sector
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DHL report reveals: e-Commerce will have a significant impact on how companies will shape their transport strategies in the future
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A recent survey commissioned by DHL has revealed that companies are facing a fast changing market environment, be it in terms of geopolitical changes or technological transformation. But in terms of their ground transportation operations, by far the biggest issue on companies' minds is e-commerce and its implications on service and ground transportation requirements.
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Especially the extraordinarily high service expectations born of e-commerce are impacting businesses. Just to name a few: Customers are expecting same or next day delivery, variable last-mile delivery options, high in-transit visibility, as well as flexible or free return policies and always in-stock inventories. Services that are increasingly challenging.
Paul Stone, CEO DHL Supply Chain Nordics and Head of Transport for MLEMEA explains: "Our European customers look for first-class capabilities in enabling last mile deliveries, which is why technology will be central to navigating this new era for ground transportation. The capability of AI and data analytics to manage the order profile and shipping patterns of customers' increasingly complex and demanding operating models while optimizing cost and service, means that they are now viewed as essential services, rather than added benefits."
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05 June 2019 ■ Posti
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Assessment: Emissions from e-commerce transport do not significantly differ from those generated by other types of retail
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Most of the emissions produced over a product’s lifecycle are generated during production. Regardless of whether the consumer buys the product from an online store or a physical store, the transport route of products from the country of origin to Finland is essentially the same.
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03 June 2019 ■ Royal Mail Group
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Royal Mail launches new app features including purchasing and printing postage
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Royal Mail has launched a range of new convenient features in its mobile app to help senders and recipients manage their deliveries more effectively.
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03 June 2019 ■ Australia Post
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Australians hopping online and shopping big
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The number of Australians jumping online to shop continues to increase, with new research from Australia Post showing the total online spend in 2018 topped $27.5 billion, a 24 per cent increase for the year.
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Government of Canada’s statement in response to Auditor General of Canada report on the Taxation of E-Commerce
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Following the tabling of the 2019 Spring Reports of the Auditor General of Canada, the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue, and the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, issued the following statement in response to Report 3 entitled "Taxation of E-Commerce," which included two recommendations for the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and one recommendation for the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).
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"As noted in the Report, the CRA has already identified e-commerce as posing a risk to compliance. The CRA has taken appropriate first steps, within its authority, to address it. This includes educating taxpayers of their GST/HST obligations and conducting test audits.
Canadians can be assured that the CRA’s compliance efforts in e-commerce have reflected, and will continue to reflect, the scale of risk e-commerce poses to tax revenues."
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07 May 2019 ■ ANACOM
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ANACOM orders CTT to reformulate postal network density proposal
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ANACOM has not accepted the proposal submitted by CTT - Correios de Portugal to complement the postal network density targets and minimum offers of service currently in force – it was deemed that the proposal did not fully meet user needs.
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08 May 2019 ■ LVM
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Tariffs on cross-border parcel delivery services will be made easily comparable
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The Ministry of Transport and Communications requests comments on amendments to the Postal Act in terms of cross-border parcel deliveries. The amendments are based on the adopted EU Regulation that obliges larger service providers of parcel deliveries to open up their tariff information on cross-border parcel delivery services.
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28 May 2019 ■ Traficom
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Charging for the receipt of Poste restante postal items is prohibited if this is the only option for the person to receive post
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The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom considers that charging for the Poste restante service violates the Postal Act for recipients for whom the service is the only way they can receive post. Traficom requires Posti not to charge for the Poste restante service if this is the only method being used by the customer to receive post.
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About this newsletter
The biweekly YourIPC newsletter provides you with recent news items and updates on the postal sector as well as IPC's activities.
The IPC Regulatory Flash newsletter provides you with recent news items and updates on regulatory affairs in the postal sector. It is produced by the Regulatory department and is sent exclusively to IPC member posts. For more information on this publication, please contact [email protected]
The IPC Publications Team
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