Parcel volumes up 9% at Christmas in Finland

[POSTMAN]

Finland’s newly rebranded national postal service Posti has said the country’s recession has failed to dampen Christmas parcel volumes.

The Nordic country’s economy is struggling worse than most in Europe at the moment, not least because neighbouring Russia’s financial troubles have hit exports.

Nevertheless, Posti said it delivered 9% more packages last month than it did the same month in 2013.

Posti was delivering more than 1m parcels a week during the busiest periods in December, a record amount.

The festive boost means the year as a whole saw Posti handling 32.6m parcels in 2014, an increase of 800,000 on the previous year.

The company said its network of 460 automated parcel locker terminals has been gaining popularity, and has become a standard delivery option for online stores. Over 50% more deliveries went through these pickup points in 2014 compared to 2013.

As well as taking on extra staff to serve the Christmas rush, Posti said it increased the rates at which parcel terminals were serviced.

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