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Pitney Bowes plans for future in era of declining mail usage

Posted by | Jun 6, 2004 | |

In dozens of countries around the world, Pitney Bowes Inc. has woven an unbreakable connection to mail.

It started as a postal meter company in 1920. Today, Stamford-based Pitney Bowes makes sorters that separate letters by postal codes. It writes and sells software that enables small and large businesses to post mail, ship packages and track where those packages have landed. Pitney Bowes even has become a post office for postal companies: collecting, sorting and organizing the shipment of outgoing mail even for United Parcel Service, FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service.

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PPA urges industry to outline UK postal fears

Posted by | Jun 5, 2004 | |

Magazine publishers have four weeks to respond to proposals by the Royal Mail to overhaul the method of pricing for packages.

The Periodical Publishers’ Association has asked magazine groups to state their objections and comments on a number of issues likely to impact on the industry.

The consultation includes proposals to remove special pricing arrangements for block mailing over 250,000 items and changes to price dependent on size and folding of packages.

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Russian Post to introduce automated mail sorting in 2006

Posted by | Jun 5, 2004 | |

State-owned Russian Post company plans to launch the first automated sorting facility in 2006, the company’s press service said in a statement. It will be based in the Moscow Region.

An agreement to build the facility has been reached with the local authorities, however the precise location has not been chosen yet.

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Deutsche Post to introduce up to 650 new ‘pack stations’ in Germany

Posted by | Jun 4, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post, the German postal service, is planning to introduce up to 650 new collection sites in 13 cities in Germany by the end of the year. These collection sites, which will be known as ‘pack stations’, will operate in a similar way to safe-deposit boxes, allowing customers to collect and dispatch packages around the clock, seven days a week. Pilot schemes have already been operated in Frankfurt, Mainz and Dortmund, and have been successful. Customers will be able to select a conveniently located collection point after registering for the services, and will be informed by SMS or e-mail when a package arrives for them.

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USPS and Estafeta USA sign licensing agreement

Posted by | Jun 4, 2004 | |

The United States Postal Service have announced the signing of a licensing agreement with Estafeta USA Inc., a leading private courier company in Mexico, which allows the company limited usage of the U.S. Postal Service logo.

Estafeta USA Inc. links to the U.S. Postal Service domestic delivery network by clearing inbound packages originating in Mexico through U.S. Customs, transporting them into the United States, and tendering them to the U.S. Postal Service at the McAllen, Texas post office as domestic Priority Mail.

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Are Royal Mail profits at expense of service?

Posted by | Jun 4, 2004 | |

Two years after the launch of Royal Mail’s ambitious three-year improvement plan, the postal operator has turned in a profit. But its failure to meet 15 public service tests suggest a heavy price has been paid. By Curtis Brown

After Royal Mail delivered a #220m profit last week, chairman Allan Leighton said the result was “not good enough”. He and millions of customers were let down by colossal failures in the first two years of a three-year improvement plan.

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Slovenska Posta’s transformation signed into law

Posted by | Jun 4, 2004 | |

Slovak President Rudolf Schuster signed the draft law on the transformation of state-run postal service company Slovenska Posta on Friday, his spokesman Jan Fule informed SITA. In line with the above law, Slovenska Posta will be transformed into a joint-stock company as of July 1, 2004.

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