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US Customized Market Mail, Other Initiatives Doing Well, Official Tells MTAC

Posted by | Feb 6, 2004 | |

Mailers have been highly receptive to many new U.S. Postal Service initiatives, Anita Bizzotto, USPS chief marketing officer and senior vice president, said at the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee meeting Feb. 4 at the postal headquarters.

Customized Market Mail, a postal classification begun in August that lets direct marketers mail nonrectangular pieces, has resulted in 39 individual mailings totaling 500,000 to 1 million pieces, she said. Response rates for mail pieces using CMM have ranged from 4 percent to 20 percent.

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12 Point action plan on UK post office consultation

Posted by | Feb 6, 2004 | |

A 12 point action plan to improve the way post offices consult on proposed closures was announced today by Communications Minister Stephen Timms.

The improvements follow a review by Post Office Ltd and Postwatch in response to concerns among some local groups that the consultation process needed to be more open.

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Baltic regulators vow to see to development of postal services

Posted by | Feb 6, 2004 | |

The Baltic states’ national regulators at a meeting in Riga agreed to build favorable economic environment and facilitate development of electronic communications and postal services in their countries.

This is especially important in view of the European common market and the expected liberalization of the European postal market, stated the agreement signed by electronic communications and postal services regulators of the three Baltic states in their first meeting.

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Japan Post eyes 1st overseas outlet in China

Posted by | Feb 6, 2004 | |

Japan Post plans to open liaison offices in Beijing and Shanghai this fall as its first overseas outlets in line with its strategy to promote overseas services, officials said.

The public postal service corporation will step up preparatory work if it wins approval from Chinese authorities through negotiations in March, they said.

To turn its money-losing mail service around, Japan Post plans to strengthen overseas operations this year.

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Higher profits for German Deutsche Post

Posted by | Feb 6, 2004 | |

Germany’s Deutsche Post has started the year well and aims to boost profits in 2004, Chief Executive Klaus Zumwinkel said, adding that the German mail and logistics provider is on plan in the new year.

Zumwinkel said the group would meet its goal of EUR 2.9 billion (USD 3.65 billion) in 2003 pre-tax earnings.

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UK Postwatch welcomes changes to the urban Post Office closure programme

Posted by | Feb 6, 2004 | |

Stephen Timm’s announcement to the House details the improvements that Post Office Limited will be making to the urban post office closure programme.

Peter Carr, Chairman of Postwatch, commenting on the announcement said: ”Ministerial intervention was necessary to stop the closure programme going off the rails. Stephen Timms listened to our concerns and those of his Parliamentary colleagues and then took the appropriate action.”

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FedEx close to Kinko deal

Posted by | Feb 5, 2004 | |

James Hudson, vice-president of FedEx, said he sees only plain sailing in the US transport giant’s USD 2.4 billion (GBP 1.3 billion) takeover of the copy centre chain Kinko’s. He indicated that the deal could be completed before March 1. FedEx announced the all-cash agreement to buy Kinko’s and its 1,200 stores in December.

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