Royal Mail

Evening Standard City Spy: Royal Mail to serve up choice cutsEvening StandardIt means shoppers can buy things online and pick 'em up from the Post Office… saving Royal Mail a lot of time and money shlepping parcels to people's doors. “Royal Mail is committed to providing a range of options …

News roundup–Dwell, Asos, Royal Mail, moreCatalogue e-businessA separate study, commissioned by Royal Mail, reveals that the number of “pure-play” online retailers in the UK has more than doubled in the past five years from 6,700 in 2008 to 14,400 in 2012. The online-only retail sector also made a £2.2 billion …

The Government is finalising negotiations to hire bankers to work on the £2.5bn flotation of Royal Mail as Britain's biggest privatisation for a generation edged closer. Sky News understands that ministers … More: continued here

Royal Mail to occupy Beckton siteSHD LogisticsThe Aviva Investors Pensions Ltd – Property Fund (AIPL) has completed the letting of unit 1, Gemini Business Park, Beckton to The Royal Mail who have taken a 15-year lease of the 111,000 sq ft unit. The property was acquired in April 2011 for …

Royal Mail rides the e-commerce wave to the stock marketTransport IntelligenceJust a few years ago, national post office monopolies such as Royal Mail looked obsolete; with little or no future prospects. Now, both Royal Mail and Belgium's bpost are sparking excitement over their forthcoming stock market flotations. What has changed? …

Aviva completes 110000 Royal Mail lettingProperty Week News“The absence of any prime built stock within the M25 on the east side of the London, coupled with an excellent and rapid refurbishment, led to immediate interest from Royal Mail for its Parcelforce business and underlines the continued growth within … More: …

Royal Mail To Offer Click And Collect ServiceSky NewsThe Royal Mail is to keep some post office branches open late as part of a new service aimed at helping customers get their internet-ordered parcels outside of working hours. The company said it will be the biggest service of its kind, …

Online shoppers will be able to pick up purchases from their local Post Office as part of an attempt by the Royal Mail to attract web retailers with more flexible delivery options.         More: continued here

The Royal Mail is to launch a new "click and collect" service aimed at online retailers and their customers. The company said it will be the biggest service of its kind, with post office branches opening longer so that goods ordered online can be collected. More: continued here

Royal Mail offers 'click and collect'The IndependentThe company said it will be the biggest service of its kind, with Post Office branches opening longer so that online goods can be collected. Nick Landon, managing director of Royal Mail Parcels, said: "We are well placed to benefit from the growth in …