This year’s top 100 mailers results may be disappointing but there is room for optimism.
What a difference a year makes in direct marketing. Last year we introduced the industry’s first league table of the top 100 spenders in direct mail in a slightly bullish mood. “Can news like this get any better?” we asked, as a prelude to a table of figures that would make any direct marketer sit up straight. How things have changed.
Read MoreItalian system integrator Elsag, a subsidiary of Italian state-controlled defence group Finmeccanica, has won a 30 mln euro (USD36. 5 mln) contract from the Russian Posts, it was reported on June 28, 2004. Under the contract, Elsag will develop equipment and systems for an automatic mail processing centre in Moscow for high-speed culling, cancelling, coding and sorting of the mail. Elsag will also provide consulting and maintainance services for the automatic mail processing equipment.
Read MoreShares of Memphis-based FedEx Corp. hit a 52-week high on Monday, at USD81.78, before closing USD1 lower, still above the previous 52-week high of USD80.43. Monday’s closing price of USD80.78 was up by 95 cents, or 1.19 percent, above Friday’s close of USD79.83.
Read MoreAssociations representing privately-held transport and logistic operators said they called on the European Commission this morning to stamp out unfair subsidies to their publicly-owned counterparts and to put an end to the misuse of those subsidies. In particular, the associations are concerned about state subsidies to Deutsche Post AG’s unit DHL, Belgium’s SNCB’s ABX Logistics, La Poste’s GeoPost and SNCF’s road haulage unit Sernam. Two associations – Germany’s Wettbewerbsverein and France’s HALTE – said they asked the commission to beef up regulations and implementation and to take a proactive role towards state aid, putting an end to ‘unjustifiable competitive advantages’ enjoyed by the public companies. The commission is already examining two cases in this area.
Read MoreDeutsche Post AG’s express courier unit DHL said it has increased its Shanghai-Hong Kong freight service to five times per week from the previous four due to robust growth in demand. Meanwhile, DHL has also boosted its Shanghai-Hong Kong capacity by 60 pct by using an A300B4 freighter with a capacity of 35 tons, it said in a statement. DHL launched the Shanghai-Hong Kong service last June. It offers 800 flights per day in the Asia Pacific region serving 24 destinations in 15 countries.
Read MoreLa Poste, the French postal service, has created a new subsidiary, Immo Poste, which will deal with the housing stock used by the company to conduct its business. The company says that the creation of the new subsidiary will allow responsibilities to be clarified, as well as costs relating to property.
Read MoreDeutsche Post Global Mail USA is pleased to announce the unparalleled leadership team that has resulted from the acquisition of SmartMail Services and QuikPak Inc. The executive management team includes Bill Boesch, chief executive officer, Don Berry, chief operating officer, and Florian Schuhbauer, chief financial officer. “The appointment of our top management team is the first key milestone that we have achieved sooner than expected since the acquisition in May,” said Klaus Knappik, chairman of Deutsche Post World Net’s Divisional Board MAIL International. Deutsche Post Global Mail, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post World Net, announced its intent to acquire both SmartMail Services and QuikPak on May 11, 2004. SmartMail Services’ acquisition closed May 28, 2004. The acquisition of QuikPak closed June 28, 2004.
Read MoreAn Post has put forward further proposals in an effort to resolve the dispute with the Irish Postmasters Union (IPU) over the opening of post offices on the Saturdays of bank holiday weekends, the High Court heard yesterday. On May 17 An Post got a High Court order which restrained 43 postmasters/postmistresses from closing their post offices on the Saturday of the June bank holiday weekend. The 43 – out of a total of 1,400 – closed their offices on the Saturday of the Easter bank holiday weekend.
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