Deutsche Post to gradually give up own outlets

Deutsche Post World Net AG. plans to gradually give up running its own postal service outlets over the coming years to reduce costs, a spokesman for the company said, confirming an earlier report in German newspaper Westfalen-Blatt.

But the spokesman said that the branches will not be closed. Instead, they will be run as ‘partner branches’, which are commonly integrated into retail stores.

The company previously said it will retain about 100 of its 750 own branches.

There are some exceptions, though, the spokesman said, in places where there is no retail outlet or gas station that could house a postal service desk.