Dean Maciuba and Marek Różycki from Last Mile Experts join me to review the big developments in the postal and delivery sectors during 2018. In part 1, we cover grocery delivery, cross-border e-commerce, environment and sustainability, city logistics, and quite a bit more.

Garrett Bridgeman, Managing Director Mails & Parcels at An Post, discusses An Post’s plan to eliminate carbon emissions. We also cover An Post’s preparations and predictions for peak season.

E-commerce fulfilment start-up Fulfilio (backed by Australia Post) is enabling fast e-commerce delivery. Mathew Galt, CEO and founder of Fulfilio, shares insights into how Fulfilio operates and its deal with eBay.

Informed Delivery is growing in the USA… but what exactly is this service from the US Postal Service? Mark Fallon, CEO and President of the Berkshire Company, gives us an update. Also: some brief comments from USPS PMG Megan Brennan on USPS full-year financial results.

If we were to invent an e-commerce delivery model Could the Chinese e-commerce delivery model work in the West? Juan Sotolongo, Senior Partner at 722 Consulting, shares his perspectives.

The STOP Act targets opioids in the mail, and it will have a profound impact on the US Postal Service and cross-border parcels. Kate Muth, Executive Director at IMAG, shares the background to the legislation and what it will mean in practice.

Marshall Hughes, co-founder and CEO of delivery start-up Passel, discusses the art of same-day delivery. When is crowd-sourcing not crowd-sourcing? And how can same-day delivery be executed without a dedicated delivery fleet?

Expert analysis and opinion on the USA’s decision to leave the UPU. Anna Möller Boivie, Managing Director at Copenhagen Economics (Stockholm) outlines the USA’s options, then Richard Wishart gives his opinion on the UPU’s role and the need for reform.

Martin Luts, Chief Operational Officer at Omniva, joins me to talk about some innovation and new infrastructure. Also in this episode, Dean Maciuba, Managing Partner North America for Last Mile Experts, analyses Amazon’s recent wage increase.

Dean Maciuba, Managing Partner North America for Last Mile Experts, joins me to analyse recent announcements from UPS. How important is Amazon to UPS? What are the strengths and weaknesses of UPS’s Access Point (PUDO) network? And much more.