New analysis of Quadient’s 2025 Parcel Theft Report has uncovered the human impact of parcel theft in the UK, after 4.83 million homes in the UK were victims of porch piracy last year – equal to one package stolen every seven seconds.

The analysis uses new consumer research to measure the human cost of these crimes. More than a third (37%) of people who experienced porch piracy said it caused them stress and anxiety, with women more likely to feel this way than men (42% versus 33%).

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Canada Post has announced it has begun work to transform the country’s postal services via two core initiatives: converting the remaining addresses that receive door-to-door delivery to community mailboxes and modernizing its retail network.

According to the post, the initiatives will help to meet the evolving needs of Canadians in a financially sustainable way, and it is working closely with its bargaining agents and the Government of Canada to achieve this.

The move to community mailboxes

While almost 75% of Canadian addresses already receive their mail and parcels through some form of centralized delivery, there are still approximately 4,000,000 addresses that still receive door-to-door delivery services.

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Omniva has expanded its Picapac pilot program to the Nõmme district of Tallinn, offering residents the chance to test a private, at-home parcel locker system free of charge.

The rollout follows earlier pilot phases launched in Rae municipality in February and the Viimsi area in March. According to the company, interest in the service has been strong so far.

“In February, we launched the Picapac pilot project in Rae municipality and in March we expanded it to the Viimsi area.

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InPost has announced its financial results for Q4 2025, revealing all-time high group revenue of PLN 4.6bn (US$1.2bn) – up 32.6% year-on-year (YoY) – and record parcel volumes of 417.6 million parcels, up 30% YoY.

According to the company, the growth in both revenue and parcel volumes was driven by its UK business (+240% and +132.2% YoY respectively), followed by the Eurozone and Poland.

InPost also expanded its out-of-home (OOH) network extensively in 2025, adding 14,200 lockers to bring the total number of OOH points to 94,536, including 61,196 automated parcel machines (APM), across Europe.

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Evri has begun the rollout of its owned parcel locker network in the UK in partnership with grocery retailer Tesco and independent forecourt operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG), including 500 new lockers locations at petrol stations across the country.

The partnership follows Evri’s announcement of a £50m (US$67m) investment to more than double its ParcelShop and locker estate by 2030. The company currently has more than 11,000 ParcelShops and lockers across the UK, including services available in Post Office branches and Asda stores.

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Omniva is expanding its Picapac private parcel locker pilot project to Viimsi, offering residents the opportunity to trial a parcel locker installed at their doorstep free of charge.

The initiative follows the launch of the pilot in February in the Rae municipality, including the areas of Peetri, Järveküla and Uuesalu. According to Omniva, the project has received strong interest from residents.

“We launched the Picapac pilot project in February in Rae municipality,” said Aleksei Kolesnikov, Picapac product manager at Omniva.

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Royal Mail has launched a six-month trial of parcel lockers at selected Tesco supermarkets across the UK, allowing customers to collect, send and return parcels at any time of day.

The lockers are installed outside participating stores and are accessible 24/7. The first locations include Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Barrow, Burnham-on-Sea, Bury, Cullompton, Horwich, March, Preston and Salisbury.

According to Royal Mail, the trial forms part of its strategy to expand out-of-home delivery options and provide customers with additional ways to manage parcels.

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Bloq.it and UK parcel delivery company Evri have signed a multi-year agreement to deploy smart parcel lockers and returns drop-off devices across the UK.

The rollout will begin this month with installations at locations operated by East of England Co-op. Around 1,000 units are planned as part of the initial phase of the partnership.

Under the agreement, Bloq.it will supply its Next smart lockers along with its dedicated returns solution, Drop.

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Customers in Northern Ireland are now able to send, collect and return parcels via Royal Mail parcel lockers as the first units go into operation.

The first four lockers are now available at Royal Mail’s Northern Ireland Mail Centre in Newtownabbey, The Junction Retail & Leisure Park in Antrim, Ballymena Delivery Office and Londonderry Delivery Office, offering 24/7 access for customers.

The parcel lockers feature label printing, making the process convenient for customers who do not have access to a printer.

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Evri has announced an extension to its partnership with shipping platform Parcel2Go. The renewed agreement aims to build on the strategic relationship between the two companies which has focused on providing affordable delivery services for consumers and businesses.

Parcel2Go is expanding its drop-off offering with a new Shop2Shop and locker service for Evri which, for the first time, will enable consumers and businesses accessing Evri’s services through the platform to have their parcels delivered to their nearest ParcelShop or locker. 

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