Business Post launched its UK Pallets network- formerly called Weaver- to its 70 partner transport firms at a hotel in the midlands on Saturday.
Customers can be shared, partners were told, and they were urged to cross- sell parcels under new incentive schemes, called “£££s for pallets and “£££s f for parcels”; it is understood that those gaining new contracts will win 15% of the first 13 weeks’ revenue.
Read MoreZimbabwe has embarked on a five-year reform programme as part of efforts to adapt to the changes that have emerged in the postal services sector, a Cabinet Minister said.
The Minister of Transport and Communications, Cde Witness Mangwende, said this when he officially opened a two-day cost accounting conference being attended by the postal service industry.
Cde Mangwende said postal services around the world had witnessed changes that include deregulation and globalisation of postal markets, increasing competition and the introduction of modern technology such as the Internet and electronic commerce.
Read MoreThe Post Office Agents Association Limited has threatened to file suit against Australia Post if it pushes through with its buyback of 150 licensed post offices. Australia Post has expressed its intent to purchase the LPOs in four years and turn them into franchises for Post Shops. POAAL chairman Marie McGrath-Kerr opposed the plan, saying that Australia Post only wanted to take a share of the lucrative post office business in Sydney and Melbourne.
Read MoreOne day after the government stripped Correo Argentino SA of its national postal concession, the company published an advertisement in local newspapers stating its intention to ignore the government’s decision and assuring the public of continued service.
The advertisement said “we do not ratify the decree, but we shareholders and directors of Correo Argentino SA have a firm disposition so that the postal service continues being provided in a regular and efficient form.”
Read MoreZimbabwe has embarked on a five-year reform programme as part of efforts to adapt to the changes that have emerged in the postal services sector, a Cabinet Minister said.
The Minister of Transport and Communications, Cde Witness Mangwende, said this when he officially opened a two-day cost accounting conference being attended by the postal service industry.
Cde Mangwende said postal services around the world had witnessed changes that include deregulation and globalisation of postal markets, increasing competition and the introduction of modern technology such as the Internet and electronic commerce.
Read MoreDirect marketing in the U.S. is more similar to marketing in the U.K. and the rest of Europe than it is different. That’s the conclusion drawn from a session on multi-channel business at the European Catalogue and Mail Order Days here.
Jack Schmid, chairman of Kansas-based consultancy J. Schmid & Associates, kicked off the session with a few statistics regarding online sales growth: 64% of U.S. household are now connected to the Internet, according to Forrester Research, up from 25% five years ago. With the rise of e-commerce and multichannel shopping have come increased expectations on the part of buyers, he said: Nearly three-quarters of customers surveyed expect the companies they shop from to know about their behavior in all channels. In other words, if a customer phones a call center, he expects the CSR to know what he’d previously purchased from the company’s stores or Website as well as via phone.
European logistics operators target Italy
Read MoreHSN has engaged UPS in a multi-year agreement to streamline and re-engineer its entire fulfillment and supply chain operations.
“HSN is committed to providing our customers an exceptional shopping experience from start to finish, and UPS is helping us reach new standards of excellence through its broad capabilities,” said Mark Ethier, HSN executive vice president of operations. “At no incremental cost to our customers, we will significantly improve our level of service through faster, more reliable delivery.”
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