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USPS should give up first-class monopoly
The Pantagraph editorial “No stamp of approval for proposed increases” (June 1) spells out the many “flaws” in the entire United States Postal Service system.
The monopoly on first-class mail granted the USPS many, many years ago was necessary to ensure this service was made available to everyone equally. Those days are long gone. The need for this gigantic money loser no longer exists, thanks to the superior job being done by UPS, Fed Ex, DHL, etc. They offer delivery to every address in the United Sates daily – as well as literally worldwide. Given the opportunity, they would certainly be able to use their expertise in taking on first-class and parcel post. And competition would keep the rates down, while keeping levels of service up.
Read MoreRoyal Mail in post 'bundling' gaffe
Red-faced Royal Mail bosses have been forced to deny they are launching a new postal service, which would see consumers opt in to receive bundled direct mail, after one executive publicly suggested the scheme was in the pipeline.
Royal Mail head of media propositions Fraser Chisholm was speaking at a conference in central London last week, entitled DM Personalisation, at which a pre-recorded interview with OgilvyOne vice-chairman and creative director Rory Sutherland was aired.
Sutherland joked that, if pricing in proportion (PIP) forced brand owners to standardise their mailings, Royal Mail might as well bundle up all direct mail, place it in a big envelope and deliver it to households once a week.
Read MorePos Malaysia, SingPost launch promotion to enhance express delivery service
Pos Malaysia Berhad and Singapore Post (SingPost) today launched a promotion drive to enhance their cross-broder express mail delivery service. Under the promotion, which will last a year, Malaysians and Singaporeans will enjoy special rates for certain classes of mail. SingPost group chief executive Lau Boon Tuan said this initiative was taken to further strengthen the existing close ties between the two parties for mutual benefit and also customers on both sides. “SingPost hopes this close cooperation will result in more value added services at attractive rates for our customers,” he said in a joint press release with Pos Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Ikmal Hijaz Hashim when the latter visited SingPost’s Malaysian heaquarters here today.
Read MoreTNT Post acquisition receives mixed reaction
TNT Post’s acquisition of home shopping company JD Williams’ courier delivery network, representing another major step in TNT’s assault on the UK deregulated postal market, has had a mixed reaction from the DM industry. The deal, announced last month, gives TNT Post UK, formerly TNT Mail, an 80 per cent coverage of business-to-consumer and consumer-to-consumer parcel delivery networks across the UK. Nick Wells, chief executive of TNT Post UK, said that the move was part of a three-pronged attack on the market. “We have a three-pillar strategy: access; rolling out mail sortation services and creating an end-to-end network, which could include packets and parcels,” he said. “Ultimately, it would be nice to create a network for letters, but that will be separate to the parcel network, and take time. We won’t have orange pillar boxes just yet.”
Read MoreRural Canadians prepare to stamp on Canada Post
Following a wave of public condemnation, Canada Post officials will hold public information sessions this week to discuss their reasons for suddenly stopping individual mailbox delivery in a number of rural areas. Canada Post spokeswoman Avril Vollenhoven said Monday that, so far, service has been suspended to 53,000 mailboxes across Canada as the corporation embarks on a health and safety review of rural delivery. The workers say they are suffering repetitive stress injuries from reaching into mailboxes. As well, there are concerns about heavy traffic on some roads. But rural residents say they’re fed up with Canada Post’s decision to stop delivery to the mailboxes, pending a review of its entire rural delivery system. Many are eager to make that point in meetings scheduled for this week in four separate communities.
Read MoreJust the tonic as ANC scoops top award
ANC’s run of success in winning prestigious national awards continued at the National Business Awards held in London on November 8 where the company took top honours in the Health & Safety category.
The Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Park Lane was again the venue for another glittering awards ceremony and ANC was soon the centre of attention with its win in the first category to be announced. The judges of these keenly contested awards were impressed by ANC’s innovative approach and attention to detail in developing a ‘best in class’ health and safety culture.
The judges were looking for an organization that “best demonstrates that Health and Safety is an integral part of its management processes, has its leaders, managers and employees fully engaged and, where appropriate, tales its policies into its supply and distribution chains”.
The National Business Awards are among the most coveted in the country and are keenly contested by both large and smaller companies from diverse backgrounds. Each finalist has to win an equally competitive regional final before progressing to the grand final in London. This year, leading companies such as Barclays Bank, British Airways and the Royal Bank of Scotland competed in 16 catagories from “Employer of the Year” to “The Best Use of Technology”. One of the main sponsors, Orange, told the finalists that they represented the best in British business making ANC’s award particularly impressive among such celebrated company.
Read MoreDHL named primary provider for WILD Flavors
DHL today announced a new agreement with WILD Flavors, the largest privately held manufacturer of flavorings and ingredients for beverages and food products, to serve as the company’s primary express and ground parcel shipping provider. Under the new two-year agreement, DHL will provide domestic express air and ground services, International Express import and export, as well as air and ocean import, export freight and customs house brokerage as WILD Flavors continues to expand into international markets. WILD Flavors ships its liquid, powder and manufactured flavorings for use in consumer products to food and beverage manufacturing plants in North America, Mexico, and worldwide from its distribution center in Erlanger, Kentucky.
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