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Dutch Post to opt back in to EU cross-border deal?

Posted by | Feb 12, 2005 | |

Dutch postal operator TPG Post will join new talks on cross-border mail services, six years after it opted out of a European price agreement for delivering mail to and from other EU countries. Jan Sertons, distribution and international relations manager at TPG Post, said the company wanted to reach a “customer- and market-orientated solution” when the current REIMS agreement runs out at the end of 2006. He told a Brussels legal conference on February 10 that staying out of REIMS meant TPG Post had won lower tariffs and better quality of service.

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MAILING ISSUES: Time to deliver

Posted by | Feb 11, 2005 | |

With the postal services market opening up, mailers could soon be able to select the day of the week in which direct mail and door-drops arrive. Despite being heralded as the most accountable medium, direct mail – and door-drops – do not offer any physical evidence of being delivered in the form of written confirmation by the postal service. One thing you can be sure about with advertising is that an ad has appeared. With TV ads, simply watching during the right slot will provide confirmation, even before the contractor sends out a written report. Radio and press ads can also be physically monitored – and research companies exist that do just that. Even door-to-door can now be monitored using a service like StepCheck. But once the mailing house has raised a docket saying items were handed over to Royal Mail, mailers just have to wait and see if the enquiries or orders start to come in. It is a surprising gap. The sheer volume of items makes it impossible to validate that every single item has been distributed. But the absence of proof reflects another gap in direct mail’s measurability: guaranteed delivery dates.

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UK Post watchdog risks uproar over regulatory ‘light touch’

Posted by | Feb 11, 2005 | |

Postcomm is risking the wrath of Royal Mail by pledging to treat new entrants to the postal market with a regulatory ‘light touch’. The move, outlined in the watchdog’s corporate strategy for the next three years, is designed to free them from unnecessary regulation. A Postcomm spokeswoman says that it is doing what is necessary to prevent abuse of the system, rather than for its own sake. She explains: “In a fully competitive market, regulation is not necessary, as weaker players will be edged out.”

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Spanish Correos handles 6.4 mln deliveries in 2004

Posted by | Feb 11, 2005 | |

Spanish state-owned postal operator Correos made 6.4 million deliveries in 2004, a 3.1 pct year-on-year increase, the company said on February 11, 2005. Of these, 5.03 million were postcards and letters, 1.189 million were parcels and 27 million were express deliveries.

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DHL wins logistics contract from PepsiCo’s German unit

Posted by | Feb 10, 2005 | |

Deutsche Post World Net AG’s express mail unit DHL said it has won a contract to handle nearly 80 pct of PepsiCo Inc’s logistics in Germany. The company said the contract is worth ‘millions’ of euros. DHL has agreed to transport about 250,000 tonnes of beverages from four domestic and international PepsiCo locations to retail stores.

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UPS: eastern promise

Posted by | Feb 9, 2005 | |

UPS is set to acquire Polish leading express firm Stolica.
US parcel giant UPS [UPS] has confirmed that it will take full control of Polish Messenger Service Stolica in a bid to strengthen its domestic position in one of the fastest-growing economies in the EU. The move highlights the potential of the new EU countries for international express and parcel delivery companies as they race to establish a firm foothold in the region.

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DHL and Stinnes Intermodal transport more goods by rail

Posted by | Feb 9, 2005 | |

With immediate effect, even more parcels and goods are being transported by rail. Parcel InterCity (PIC) – a joint project of DHL, the express and logistics service provider of Deutsche Post World Net, and Stinnes Intermodal, a company of Deutsche Bahn AG – has been operating a second route since February 7. Now the company transports goods between Bönen/Unna in Westphalia and Wustermark near Berlin five times per week, in addition to its established route between Hamburg/Hanover and Munich/Nuremberg. The successful implementation of the project is facilitated especially through the partnership between DHL and Optimus Logistics.

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Mexico DHL to invest USD50 Mln 2005-2007

Posted by | Feb 9, 2005 | |

DHL plans to invest USD50 mln (39.2 mln euro) for the period from 2005 to 2007 to expand in Mexico, DHL official Martin Alvarez said on February 8, 2005. DHL plans to increase its fleet to 1,200 vehicles, to increase the number of its branches from the current 900, and to to carry out a technology upgrade. The company also plans to improve its customer relationship management (CRM) through the expansion of its CRM centre in Mexico’s capital, which is the company’s third most important on a global level, after the two located in the USA. DHL’s sales in Mexico grew between 15 pct and 20 pct year-on-year in 2004 and are expected to register a similar increase in 2005, Alvarez added.

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