La Poste has signed several partnerships with the supermarket chain Casino, EBay France and WWFFrance in the last few weeks to expand its network, enhance services and reduce its environmental
impact.Coliposte, the French parcels division of La Poste, entered into a partnership with thesupermarket chain Casino to test its automatic parcel pick-up service “Cityssimo” in twosupermarkets in Lyon and Paris.
Through the introduction of the Cityssimo service into the Casino supermarkets, La Poste aimsat extending its network of parcel pick-up points to offer its customers the possibility to choosetheir preferred type of delivery of Colissimo shipments. The customers can thus pick up theirparcels in their Casino store at the time most convenient for them.
In addition, La Poste and eBay in France have signed an agreement to enable customers to buyand to prepay online their express shipments saving time and ensuring traceability. Chronopostsigned a similar agreement with eBay a month ago.
In only a few clicks, eBay users can prepare their waybills indicating the parcel weight, thedestination and the delivery terms before paying. Afterwards, they can print off the waybillaffixing a part of it to the shipment while the rest of the bill will be stamped by the clerk in apost office to serve as a receipt. This can then be taken to a post office or numerous expresscounters for parcels.
Meanwhile, La Poste has teamed up with the environmental organization WWF in France topromote a responsible mail policy. It has pledged to reduce considerably its CO2 emissions by 15%and to recycle 80% of its paper by 2012 as part of its overall environmental activities.
