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01.03.2019 | Наталья Кулагина

Russian Post erases borders

Within the framework of the 32nd International Exhibition CPM –Collection Premiere Moscow «The Russian Post" held a master class "Erasing borders: new import and export opportunities for fashion business", during which the company's representatives told Russian and foreign fashion retailers about logistics solutions in the e-commerce segment, which the company provides inside and outside the country.

 

An important step in the development of new opportunities was the opening of the branch of the "Russian Post" in Berlin in May 2018. Managing Director of the branch Oleg Ospishchev spoke about the activities of the European branch Russian Post». He noted that the presence of a subsidiary in Germany gives European online retailers the possibility of direct entry for b2c shipments to the Russian Federation with a choice of options at the last mile. Recipients can use courier delivery or pick up the shipment themselves at the post office.

 

Seminar

 

Among the clients of the subsidiary company «Russian Post» in Berlin – the largest European online stores, including the leaders of the fashion retail segment: ASOS, The Hut Group and Charles Tyrwhitt, as well as one of the largest Russian online retailers KupiVIP, and Among the partners are leading European postal and logistics companies, including Deutsche Post, GLS, B2C Europe.

 

«Direct cooperation «Russian Post» with European market places allows you to track the entire delivery process, from the entry point in Europe to the moment of delivery of the parcel. This service is available to both recipients and senders of parcels, which makes it possible to improve the quality of customer service, optimize deadlines and make the delivery process as transparent as possible. The volume of shipments passing through the European branch has increased many times over the past few years," noted Oleg Ospishchev.

 

Seminar

 

Oleg Ospishchev commented on the initiatives Russian Post» in a short interview with the magazine «Fashion magazin».

 

«The Russian Post is the largest logistics operator with 43,000 branches throughout the country, which gives a natural advantage over all other companies, especially in the regions. We are certainly interested in the fashion market, these are our customers, and we need to engage in this direction not only in Russia, but also abroad.

 

Modernization processes taking place in the last 5–6 years on «The Russian Post", radically changed its position and gave it the opportunity to engage in commercial activities at the highest global level. To date, through «Russian Post" passes approximately 1 millionsmall parcels from China, and thanks to a modern processing center in the capital Vnukovo, which is not inferior in terms of technical equipment to many European logistics centers, the capacity can be increased to 1.5 million postal items per day.

 

Seminar

 

The process of delivering goods through the Berlin branch «Russian Post»  is carried out in terms of 7 to 14 days, depending on many factors, including where in the country the delivery is going. In the near future, these deadlines will be shortened, as most processes are automated and move to "digit".

 

The main delivery regions are Moscow and St. Petersburg, their share is approximately 70%. And here we compete with courier services. But the regions these companies «are not able to hoe » and often hand over orders to us.

 

It is very gratifying that our Western partners have begun to consider Russian Post» as a real player in the logistics market, and we are proud to work in such an organization.

 

Photo: "Russian Post", open sources

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