La Poste is preparing to process -
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An unprecedented number of packages.
La Poste, which since deconfinement has distributed a volume of parcels 30% higher than what it expected before the Covid, is preparing to process "nearly 4 million parcels" during the busiest days of the holiday season in end of year.
A figure "unprecedented with unprecedented parcel volumes," said Colissimo in a press release presenting the device on Wednesday for this crucial period of December.
Xavier Mallet, CEO of Colissimo, spoke at a press conference of an “accelerating effect which means that we have crossed three years of growth in one”.
Between the boom in online sales, apprehension of going to stores in a still particular health context and the desire to have, despite everything, the gifts at the foot of the tree on Christmas Eve, La Poste plans to have to take care of up to to 4 million packages on certain days, compared to 3.1 million during the same period in 2019.
100 million packages between November and December
According to Xavier Mallet, more than 100 million parcels could pass through the services of La Poste "during this period of November / December", against 80 the previous year.
La Poste announces "more than 100,000 postmen, deliverers and account managers in post offices" mobilized, to which are added "more than 9,000 seasonal jobs", part of which remains to be filled.
La Poste handled just over 360 million parcels last year and expects to have handled 450 million in 2020, an increase which could translate into an increase in turnover for the parcels activity. about 300 million euros, from 1.95 billion euros in 2019 to 2.25 billion in 2020. The activity is profitable, according to Xavier Mallet who specifies, however, "that we had additional costs on cleaning , absenteeism, very strong variations to be collected as well as additional costs on air travel ”, in particular for export or Overseas.
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