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Belgian La Poste/De Post earn EUR45.5m – Q1 2004

Posted by | Jul 9, 2004 | |

Belgian postal and diversified services group La Poste/De Post earned a consolidated net income of EUR45.5 mln (USD56.5 mln) for the first quarter of 2004, compared to EUR16.2 mln for the first quarter of 2003, the company said in a news release in June 2004. (Note: Unless otherwise stated all the results are for the first quarter of 2004, compared to the previous year’s similar period.) La Poste/De Post earnings before interest and tax totalled EUR539 mln (USD668.95 mln), a year-on-year increase of EUR26 mln (USD32.27 mln). The gross earnings of La Poste/De Post’s subsidiaries totalled EUR0.3 mln (USD0.37 mln).

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Canada Post’s epost acquires BCE Emergis’ webdoxs service

Posted by | Jul 8, 2004 | |

Canada Post’s epost today announced that EPO Inc. has acquired the BCE Emergis (TSX: IFM) online bill delivery service, webdoxs. epost will combine the existing epost and webdoxs business-to-consumer services to provide Canadians with a single, Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment (EBPP) service that will be one of the most advanced of its kind in the world. The total purchase price for the webdoxs assets is $14.5 million.

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DHL Express takes on domestic parcel distribution for Nestlé

Posted by | Jul 8, 2004 | |

DHL Express and Nestlé Deutschland have expanded their partnership with a framework agreement for domestic parcel distribution. Nestlé ships around 500,00 parcels and 6,000 express items annually. “As of now, we pick up the parcels from 22 Nestlé and Nestlé-partner locations,” explains Heike Kaufmann, account manager at DHL Express. DHL picks up the shipments from Nestlé and its subsidiaries – Nestlé’s third-party service providers are also incorporated into the framework agreement, sending their goods via DHL.

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UK Target set to attack pallets

Posted by | Jul 8, 2004 | |

Target Express this week re-launched its UK-wide palletised distribution service, with guaranteed delivery pre-9am, pre-10am and pre-noon. Pallets will be trunked on the lower deck of double-deck trailers, with parcels carried on the upper deck in roll-cages. Target says it already moves more than 500,000 pallets a year annually and needed to re-position itself to attract more customers using it for parcels.

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Advertising Association includes direct mail in spend forecast for first time

Posted by | Jul 8, 2004 | |

The Advertising Association is including spend on direct mail in its Advertising Forecast for the first time, predicting a 4.1percent rise in spending on the medium in the UK in 2004.

The figure puts the medium behind the overall growth rate for other media of 4.8percent, but only includes mailouts and not other aspects of direct marketing, such as door drops and inserts.

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Nacex Opens Delivery Offices in Molina de Segura, Madrid

Posted by | Jul 8, 2004 | |

Spanish express delivery firm Nacex, an affiliated company of transports and logistics company Grupo Logista, has opened a new delivery office in Molina de Segura, southeastern Murcia region, and three in Madrid, the company said on July 8, 2004.

The opening of the offices was part of the previously announced network expansion of Nacex. The company said that would open a total eight delivery offices in Spain by the end of 2004, mainly in Madrid and the eastern Levante zone.

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EU state-aid rules may force some markets to open

Posted by | Jul 8, 2004 | |

In their new rules restricting state aid to troubled companies, European Union regulators could require governments to open protected markets in exchange for approving some corporate bailouts. The EU announced new guidelines yesterday aimed at forcing companies to pay back state aid. But the initiative doesn’t stop at demanding cash or the selloff of assets in return. It also gives governments the alternative of fostering more competition as a way to gain EU approval for aid to companies in distress. But experts say the rules could magnify differences within Europe over the pace at which governments permit competition in protected sectors. France and Germany, which have been outspoken about protecting their industrial giants, already accuse the European Commission of jeopardizing jobs and stability by moving too quickly to liberalize markets.

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