Canadian Logistics for the Parcel Shippers Association
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UK Postal services: mail superiority
Postcomm argues that the delay in sanctioning new entrants into the postal market is in the best interests of competition. In the meantime, mailing houses are discovering a change in mindset at Royal Mail. Michele Witthaus reports
It has been a long time in the making, but postal deregulation is finally on its way to becoming a reality.
The various would-be competitors to Royal Mail are engaged in protracted negotiations with the monopoly about the terms of downstream access. Once this is resolved, there is likely to be a rush of marketing promotions by the new entrants. So what is this likely to mean for the direct mail industry, in terms of the kind of offers the new providers will bring? And just how well will these new entrants understand the market?
Read MoreDeutsche Post World Net increases consolidated net profit and STAR forecast for 2003
Strong figures for first nine months / Consolidated revenue around €29 billion / Consolidated net profit more than doubles to €869 million / LOGISTICS and EXPRESS with double-digit earnings growth / STAR earnings forecast for 2003 lifted to at least €400 million
Read MorePossible anthrax finding mail center closes dozen mail facilities
The Postal Service closed 11 Washington-area post offices while authorities ran tests to determine whether anthrax was detected at the Navy site that handles mail for federal agencies.
Postal Service spokesman Azeezaly Jaffer said authorities decided “out of an abundance of caution” to close the facilities and test them for any biohazard contamination.
Read MoreDeutsche Post reports lower earnings, cites drop in stamp prices
Mail and express delivery company Deutsche Post AG have said that lower stamp prices in its German home market and a weaker dollar caused its third-quarter net profit to drop 7.6% despite a 2.6% rise in sales.
Net profit fell to euro219 million ($252 million) from euro237 million in the same period a year ago, while revenue rose to €9.71 billion ($11.16 billion) from €9.46 billion.
Read MoreTPG Netherlands appoints group human resources director
TPG has announced the appointment of Pauline van der Meer Mohr as Group Human Resources Director. She will take on her new position on 1 February 2004.
Read MoreNotaries and Brazil Postal Service launch online joint venture
Brazil’s association of notaries, Anoreg, has invested 4mn reais (US$1.3mn) to launch an online notary service in partnership with the country’s postal service, Empresa Brasileira de Correios, and local bank Bradesco, executives told an online press conference Thursday. Customers will file a request for a notary document – from births and marriages to property rights – through the web site (www.cartorio24horas.com.br), which is delivered by the post office to the nearest notary office, and which will post documents back to the customer. Customers will be able to monitor progress online, and the total time for certificate to be delivered is estimated to be between 4 and 9 days.
Read MoreDHL gets new regional office in Abuja, Nigeria
DHL, one of the biggest courier operators in the world, inaugurated its new regional office and an ultra modern service centre in Abuja.
The new office, is a replica of any standard DHL service centre around the world, DHL’s managing director in Nigeria, Mr Richard Seaver, said.
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