E-commerce and the Return of Unwanted Goods: A Case for Cooperation Among Providers of Postal and Non-postal Parcel Services

Ralf Wojtek ()
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Ralf Wojtek: Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek

A chapter in Postal and Delivery Innovation in the Digital Economy, 2015, pp 17-29 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract With the rapid development of e-commerce, new forms of distance sales have developed. Although consumers still prefer to order goods from domestic suppliers, the market for consumer goods has grown global. As a consequence, the European Commission in its Green Paper on Parcels (European Commission 2012, p. 4) expresses its intention to improve the conditions for the cross-border transportation of goods in order to facilitate e-commerce. In Chap. B of the Roadmap issued subsequently to its Green Paper (European Commission 2013), the Commission defined as its objective to help boost e-commerce in the EU by providing e-traders and consumers with parcel delivery services that meet their needs in terms of quality, accessibility and affordability. The Roadmap defined two areas of concern: from the consumers’ perspective, the lack of transparency and information about available redress mechanisms; and from the e-traders’ perspective, a lack of transparency on delivery services and choice of availability of delivery solutions. In addition, the Roadmap focuses on the lack of interoperability between delivery companies when faced with diverging operational solutions.

Keywords: Post Office; Private Operator; Return Service; Branch Office; Essential Facility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-12874-0_2

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