Parcel Delivery Digest: latest insights of the parcel delivery industry

Welcome to Kardinal’s Parcel Delivery Digest, a weekly news digest about last mile delivery industry from various sources.

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Amazon gets back together with FedEx to expand free returns options
Amazon gets back together with FedEx to expand free returns options

Amazon added 1,500 FedEx Office sites, surpassing 10,000 U.S. return points. This expands convenient, label-free returns, boosts loyalty, and strengthens its logistics network while increasing competition in reverse logistics.

PostNL reports negative return on postal activities in 2025 of over €44 million
PostNL reports negative return on postal activities in 2025 of over €44 million

PostNL reported a –3.5% return on postal activities in 2025 (~€44m loss), down from –1.1% in 2024. Declining mail volumes, rising costs, and regulatory constraints continue to pressure profitability and sustainability.

Canada Post is planning to end home delivery. Here's how community mailboxes will work
Canada Post is planning to end home delivery. Here's how community mailboxes will work

Canada Post will phase out door-to-door delivery for community mailboxes, raising concerns about accessibility, urban placement, and impacts on customers in cities and rural areas.

Posti Group Annual Report 2025
Posti Group Annual Report 2025

In 2025, Posti delivered 71.5 million parcels in Finland and the Baltics, a 7% increase driven by eCommerce and recommerce. Parcel net sales remained stable at €640.9M, though adjusted EBITDA and EBIT declined due to higher service costs and product mix changes.

Sending letters will become even easier with new parcel locker functions, says Lithuanian Post
Sending letters will become even easier with new parcel locker functions, says Lithuanian Post

Lithuanian Post launched the country’s first mailbox in a parcel terminal, making sending letters as convenient as picking up parcels, with plans to install 100 more across Lithuania.

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