The Sell-Off
The Sell-Off. A parcel courier in Birmingham in October 2013. Royal Mail has just been floated, its shares rose by more than a third on the first day, and it…
The Post Office is on the stock market. The parcels are everywhere.
A parcel courier in Birmingham in October 2013. Royal Mail has just been floated, its shares rose by more than a third on the first day, and it is raising its parcel prices. Online shopping is filling the vans, and the biggest online retailer has started building its own delivery network.
- Starts
- October 2013
- Length
- two years
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Scored on
- Reach £1,600,000 of annual sales
- Business
- Courier & Last Mile
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