Norway Postal service posts loss, job cuts loom
Norway’s postal service (Posten Norge AS) reported a sharp reversal in fortunes on Monday, blaming it on the rise in e-mail use. Another 3,000 staff positions will likely be cut by 2005.
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French banking group BNP Paribas chief attacks La Poste's banking plans
Michel Pebereau, chairman of the French banking group BNP Paribas, has urged the French authorities not to turn the French banking sector upside down by allowing the French post office (La Poste) to offer financial services.
Speaking on French radio, Mr Pebereau said that France already has a great many credit establishments. The idea that yet another banking competitor can be created cannot fail to be a cause for concern, he added.
Read MoreClarks has chosen TNT Express
Clarks has chosen TNT Express to provide collection and deliveries of over 150,000 pairs of shoes a week to 650 retailers across England, Wales and the Channel Isles
Read MoreFrench Postal Service to become ISP
La Poste, the French post office and the second largest postal service company in Europe, is to launch its broadband internet products March 17.
At the European level, La Poste is fairly late to the game, as many European postal services already offer broadband internet access in particular, Deutsche Post, with its T-ISDN xxl product range long since having been introduced to the German market.
Read MoreUPS plan for Mail Boxes Etc has some franchisees mulling lawsuit
Some Mail Boxes Etc. franchisees are upset about United Parcel Service’s plans to convert the retail outlets to the UPS Store, and they may attempt to block the move in court. Two years after buying Mail Boxes Etc.,UPS is asking the franchisees to sign an amendment within a month that would make the outlets UPS stores. To sweeten the deal, UPS is offering the franchisees a 20 percent reduced rate over what the average Mail Boxes Etc. now charges. But FedEx, which has long served Mail Boxes Etc., will bow out if the stores rebrand with a competitor’s name, said Howard Clabo, FedEx spokesman.
Read MoreRoyal Mail launches online drive for door-drops
Royal Mail is launching an interactive online service to promote the effectiveness of door-to-door marketing. The website, www.royalmail.com /doordropaction, is designed by OglivyInteractive and leads users through a virtual town demonstrating how door-drops work. According to Royal Mail, door-to-door marketing is a successful growth area with 79 per cent of people reading, keeping and passing on door- drops.
Read MoreUK Royal Mail delivery trials to lure brands
Royal Mail is poised to deliver a shot in the arm to the direct marketing industry with the launch of nationwide trials for the long- awaited ‘nominated day delivery’ service.
The scheme, which some agencies have been calling for years, would allow brand owners to request which day a mailshot drops, and therefore integrate it more closely with other marketing methods, such as outbound telemarketing and DRTV campaigns.
Read MoreUK Royal Mail plans to use fewer specialist shops
Royal Mail plans to slash its 30-strong agency roster and cut the range of marketing disciplines that it employs as it kicks off a review of its GBP60 million business.
The review will encompass eight marketing disciplines including advertising, direct mail, relationship marketing, brand strategy, sales promotion and digital.
But the postal operator wants agencies to provide integrated solutions or pitch with other shops in a bid to use fewer specialists.
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