The Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index reports that "parcel shipping generated A$9.2 billion in revenue last year, an increase of 6.2% over 2016.
One of Australia’s top online retailers, Klika, has continued the expansion of its omni-channel offering and enhancement of the overall customer shopping by partnering with Parcel Connect.
Australia Post’s steady decline in its mail services has hit hard, with the postal service suffering a loss of $222 million for the 2014/15 financial year – its first in more than 30 years.
Delivery services startup Sendle has launched a new dashboard which it says is designed specifically to give small businesses a "better alternative' to Australia Post’s eParcel service.
On demand courier service Zoom2u is taking advantage of Australia Post’s financial woes and decline in its delivery services with the launch today of a new Australia-wide overnight delivery service to help businesses and consumers send parcels at their convenience and “avoid post office queues”.
Growing losses in its letter business has again hit Australia Post hard, with the business reporting group profits for the half year 2015 down by 56% on this time last year.
The growth in online shopping and the coming Christmas season has prompted Australia Post to launch its new MyPost Deliveries service giving customers choice over exactly where their parcels get delivered.
Australia's national postal service Australia Post has highlighted a scam in which an email is sent advising that a courier was unable to deliver a parcel to the person's address.