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Internet retail is set to generate half the UK’s parcel volumes during the pre-Christmas peak within five years, according to new research. A study by Global Freight Solutions (GFS), found that the number of packages sent by e-commerce firms during November and December last year was 15 per cent higher than the previous year. Rather than a particular peak in parcel volumes lasting around a week long, as in p Read More
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The UK direct marketing industry can expect an ‘over prescriptive’ new EU Data Protection Regulation unless it embraces best practice and becomes fully involved with the legislative process, the Information Commissioner Christopher Graham has warned. In his keynote speech at the Direct Marketing Association’s annual Data Conference early in March, Graham said that while he welcomed many aspects of the new Reg Read More
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In Denmark recent changes to the Postal Act have brought in new rules that require every householder to set up mailboxes on the border of their property, rather than having post put through their door. Towards the end of January, Post Danmark issued a statement saying that 4 out of 5 Danes have now complied with the new legislation, which requires them to place a mailbox on the street bordering their property in or Read More
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In celebration of the life and works of Charles Dickens, the Royal Mail recently revealed a sneak preview of two stamps – officially launching in June – to celebrate the bicentenary of the novelist’s birth. The two stamps feature illustrations from his first novel, The Pickwick Papers (originally serialised and entitled The Posthumous Papers of Pickwick) and his 1838 novel, Nicholas Nickleby. The character of Read More
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