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The following interviews, conference reports, news about strategies and other topics were among the best, most important and most read CEP-Research articles of 2024.

 

Interview – Pablo Ciano sees ‘Limitless Growth’ for DHL eCommerce

Pablo Ciano

DHL eCommerce’s CEO, Pablo Ciano, discusses the international parcel operator’s ‘limitless growth’ strategy, top priorities for acquisitions, partnerships and investments, and outlines market trends and decarbonisation steps in an in-depth interview with CEP-Research.

 

Carriers must lead on sustainability before regulators crack down

Alan Barrie with Holger Winklbauer (IPC), Alexander van Schie (PostNL), Thiemo van Spellen (Geopost) & Tadej Visinski (Direct4.me)

Logistics and delivery companies have to take the lead on sustainability by reducing their environmental impacts before regulators and governments impose stricter rules, speakers warned at the Leaders In Logistics event in Barcelona.

 

Interview – Geopost talks trends, volumes and partnerships

Geopost's Thiemo van Spellen

Geopost’s Thiemo van Spellen discusses European parcel market trends, how to deal with the new Chinese e-merchant volumes, and the new China – Europe cooperation with JD.com/JD Logistics, in an in-depth interview with CEP-Research.

 

Chinese e-retailers shake up cross-border sales and logistics

Ben Stolze (Urbify) addresses DELIVER Europe 2024

The dramatic cross-border growth of Chinese e-retailers Temu and Shein could force European competitors to adjust their business models while logistics providers are expanding their e-commerce services, executives from Maersk, FedEx, Amazon and German start-up Urbify said at DELIVER Europe.

 

Interview - Bloq.it CEO Miha Jagodic outlines ambitious growth plans

Miha Jagodic

Parcel locker technology newcomer Bloq.it has ambitious growth plans and is targeting new customers and more markets after sealing milestone European deals with Vinted and DHL, and has high hopes for its new battery-powered locker, CEO and co-founder Miha Jagodic told CEP-Research in an interview. 

 

Carriers invest in challenging road to decarbonisation

Delivery companies in Europe are investing heavily in fleet decarbonisation and alternative transportation modes but still face a long and challenging road to net zero operations, many speakers made clear at the Leaders in Logistics Summit 2024.

 

Interview – UPS to focus on diversification, CX and growing markets following tough 2023

Diversification, customer experience and a focus on fast-developing markets such as India will help drive growth at UPS over the next year, a top manager told CEP-Research, following a tough 2023 with declines in profits, revenues and package volumes, leading to job cuts and business rightsizing. 

 

Interview – Israel Post targets huge increase in cross-border e-commerce market

Israel Post is entering a new era as the key enabler of international e-commerce to and from Israel. In an exclusive interview with CEP-Research, Chief Commercial Officer, Eran Krystal, outlines the postal operator’s strategy, commercial focus and operational investments designed to profit from a rapidly growing e-commerce market. 

 

DHL Express CEO John Pearson talks globalisation and growth opportunities

The current level of globalisation offers enormous growth opportunities for both countries and companies around the world, according to DHL Express’s CEO John Pearson who discussed the key expansion areas for the firm at the launch of the DHL Global Connectedness Tracker on November 19. 

 

British OOH delivery market heads for crucial “tipping point”, industry experts predict

The out-of-home (OOH) delivery sector in the UK is heading for a crucial “tipping point” after a slower than expected start, according to experts at the Leaders in Logistics Last Mile event in London.

 

European parcel deliveries to hit 6.2bn post-pandemic high this festive season, FedEx study predicts

DHL Group targets faster sustainable growth with new Strategy 2030

FedEx to focus on express, parcels and logistics after multi-billion-dollar trucking unit spinoff

UPS wants to get ‘better and bolder’ with higher profit margins

IDS agrees to Kretinsky’s Royal Mail/GLS takeover offer

Geopost, DHL focus on dense European out-of-home delivery networks

Interview - Brody Buhler, CEO of Escher, talks AI and its impact on posts

Interview – Evri reports on double-digit growth and outlines international growth strategy

Royal Mail to “significantly increase” smart OOH network over next two years

Interview – IPC improves European cross-border transportation and CO2 emissions measurement

 

 

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

European CEP Market trends 2023-2024

Philippe Masquelier (pictured), managing director of Effigy Consulting, examines the main developments in the European Courier, Express and Parcel (CEP) market and among carriers, based on the specialist market research company’s latest European CEP Market Report.  read more

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PEOPLE

Ģirts Rudzītis is new Latvian Post CEO

Ģirts Rudzītis

Ģirts Rudzītis has been appointed as the new CEO of Latvijas Pasts (Latvian Post) while Dita Mirbaha is the postal operator’s new CCO.  read more

 

Geopost promotes Bastien Wilshaw to strategy and out-of-home EVP

Bastien Wilshaw

As of 3 January 2025, Bastien Wilshaw has joined the Geopost Executive Committee, as Executive Vice President in charge of Strategy and Out-of-home, reporting to Yves Delmas, Chief Executive Officer.  read more

 

Linde Jansen will be new CFO at PostNL

Mathias Krümmel to head DHL Freight Sweden

Luke Grossmann steps up as new USPS chief financial officer

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