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Romania's Cargus raises its 2006 turnover growth rate target to 80%

Posted by | Mar 17, 2006 | |

Romanian courier services provider Cargus raised on Friday its projection for rise in 2006 turnover to 80%, the same growth rate as last year, when the company’s turnover reached 15 million euro (USD18.3 million). “Initially, we projected a 30% rise [in 2006 turnover] but since the market is growing, we now expect an 80% rise,” Cargus sales manager Ioana Manta said in a statement.
The projected rise in turnover will be supported by a 2.5 million euro investment programme.

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SEPOMEX Mail Volume Increases 4%

Posted by | Mar 17, 2006 | |

According to provisional data collected on their web site, SEPOMEX, the Mexican postal service, handled 732 million mail pieces in 2005 vs. 703 million in 2004 (+ 4%). Franked and permit mail items grew 5% from 627 to 660 million pieces.

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UK express market size

Posted by | Mar 17, 2006 | |

We have learnt that the PMA (Parcel Market Analysis) – with collected data from all carriers – currently has market size info as follows:

Next day £2.1 billion
2 day £ 181.7 million
” day plus (i.e. 3 days) £22.5 million
TOTAL £2.3 billion

No figures for International and we are clarifying the same day number which doesn’t seem right

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Kiwibank helps NZ Post deliver 34m dollars

Posted by | Mar 17, 2006 | |

New Zealand Post made 34.7 million dollars after tax in the six months to December, largely as a result of rapid growth at Kiwibank. The result compared with a net profit of 40.4 million dollars in the 2004 half year, which was boosted by a 6 million dollars gain from the sale of the Christchurch Mail Centre. New Zealand Post now reports only half of its express freight business figures, having sold 50 per cent to DHL in a joint venture. “Given that, and given the challenges there are in our core business over the half year, the performance and the result are very encouraging,” chief executive John Allen said. The result was driven by Kiwibank — which contributed a 5.4 million dollars profit – as well as by payment services and international mail.

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UK Royal Mail develops personalised stamps

Posted by | Mar 16, 2006 | |

In a bid to boost flagging postal revenue, Royal Mail is allowing customers to stamp their identity on letters with a new Web site, developed by Proximity London, that gives users the opportunity to create personalised stamps by submitting digital photos. Sean Tweddell, digital strategy and planning director at Royal Mail, said, “UK consumers increasingly want personalised products and services and Smilers fit with that demand.”

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Reich predicts TNT sale flop

Posted by | Mar 16, 2006 | |

Dirk Reich of Kuehne & Nagel has predicted that TNT will fail to sell its Logistics division as a whole. There is little interest from trade buyers; investment sponsors are showing high levels of interest at present but they won’t, in the end, meet TNT’s price expectations, he says. TNT will then be forced to sell off the parts in pieces, with value depending on the speed of the process. Reich said that he thought there was a done deal between TNT and UPS, especially after the disposal of the French operations; but that was before TNT Logistics was advertised for sale. Reich said K&N would be interested only in elements in the Far East and in South America and he ruled out buying the strong UK or Italy units.

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US Postal Service 'mailing online' goes global

Posted by | Mar 16, 2006 | |

USPS customers using NetPost’s Mailing Online now can send mail internationally. Mailing Online, a printing and mailing service, combines the speed of the Internet with the effectiveness of traditional mail. Mailing Online offers an array of printing and mailing options to customize orders including printing, folding, inserting, addressing, and applying the postage to each piece. This year, the US Postal Service expanded delivery options for Mailing Online to include international addresses. Delivery had been limited to domestic addresses. Customers now only have to add a “country field” to their address lists before submitting the final mail piece and complete address database.

“Many small business owners are expanding into foreign markets or offering products overseas. Giving customers the option of sending the direct mail pieces they create through Mailing Online overseas is one more way the Postal Service is responding to the needs of our customers,” said Nick Barranca, Vice President, Product Development.

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PPA wins Postcomm price dispute

Posted by | Mar 16, 2006 | |

The PPA has won its battle with Postcomm over price controls for magazine delivery service Presstream. Postal regulator Postcomm is to keep the second-class system, Presstream 2, within price controls for a further four years. The removal of Presstream 2 would have significantly increased publishing costs and filtered down to printers, negatively impacting paginations and run lengths.
“This decision enables all subscription orientated magazine publishers to breathe a collective sigh of relief,” said PPA chief executive Ian Locks.

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