A new Tracked & Signed service for businesses posting
parcels internationally has been launched by Royal Mail to cover some 43
destinations. In addition the postal services business has been developing a
range of other international services to simplify delivery and returns options
to better meet the needs of overseas customers ordering from UK businesses. The
developments follow research conducted by Brass Insight for Royal Mail which
found that 68 per cent of SME e-retailers who export will be targeting new
international markets this year. The USA is the top country being targeted for
growth followed by Canada, with some nine per cent of polled businesses
expecting to target Germany and Russia, followed by Spain and France. Mark
Thomson, managing director of Royal Mail International, said “the growth in
international online retailing demonstrates that consumers are willing to
search the globe for the goods they want at the price they are willing to pay,and
that includes from the UK.”
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