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Is the great Pandemic Parcel boom now over?
A decade ago, we all could have sworn that the mailing system was near dead. All our counterintuitive thoughts were brought to an end when the pandemic hit. Before the inception of Covid-19, shopping for your favorite merchandise wasn’t so challenging. You could go to your local store to quickly restock. We never expected to […]
Richard Alden, entrepreneur: “We need to reform the last mile of parcel delivery”
This year’s Black Friday is expected to have garnered record sales in France—but it’s also sparked considerable controversy. Parisian mayor Anne Hidalgo indicated last week that she is moving towards taxing major firms like Amazon for the environmental impact of their deliveries, while on Black Friday itself, environmental demonstrators around the country protested against the […]