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Dr. Franklin Ali PhD, Chairman, Trinidad & Tobago Postal Corporation (TTPost), explains how changing customer demands and technology developments might spell the end of the Universal Postal Service

Paul Bray takes a close look at the future of direct mail and whether there is any truth behind its predicted demise

 Although the impending privatisation of the UK’s Royal Mail has been openly discussed for some time, it did come as a surprise to some in the sector to hear the true extent of their financial difficulties. Surely this is going to deter would-be investors unless the organisation has a clear strategy to present outlining how it intends to become more profitable?

Postal services play a key role in many countries, providing access to basic communication and transaction services. Public postal operators are among the largest employers and most trusted retail network operators in each country, generating hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue.

Any direct mail campaign depends on careful planning to ensure that response rates are high and sales conversions numerous. A number of factors can intervene and impact its outcome. Richard Higginbotham explains more

Even in the current challenging economic climate there are a number of rapidly growing transportation and logistics companies who are cleverly employing technology to enable them to take on the established major players. Dave Upton looks at how these companies will be the stars of the future and the ones that don’t embrace technology will not.

Post Offices should take a leaf out of Austria’s book and leave their stamp on the church. Guy Mucklow explains more