HSE24 contracts logistics out to DHL

DHL, the logistics subsidiary of German postal service operator Deutsche Post, has won a contract to carry out logistics services for the teleshopping channel Home Shopping Europe (HSE24). It will take responsibility for all logistics activities for the teleshopping provider with effect from 2006, and is investing 35m euros in a new logistics centre, which will create 250 new jobs. Management estimates turnover of an eight-figure sum. The number of parcels which will be forwarded under the contract is estimated at up to 40,000 daily, or six million each year.

Rival teleshopping channel QVC, for which DHL had provided a similar service, recently switched to Hermes Logistik, a subsidiary of mail order group Otto, as a logistics service provider. Hermes Logistik estimates that it will forward 10 million parcels annually for QVC.