SNCF Unit Geodis to take 50% in Thales Freight and Logistics
8 November 2002 Geodis has bought 50% of Thales freight and Logistics Division
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Catalogue firms join forces for new trade body
Over 100 catalogue owners are forming their own trade association in an attempt to improve standards of training and support within the catalogue industry. The new body, called the Catalogue Exchange, may also be used to challenge the DMA (UK) on the issue of size-based pricing. Although negatively received by the majority of the direct marketing industry, Royal Mail’s new pricing proposals are set to improve the lot of niche cataloguers by reducing their costs.
Read MoreAustralian Postal Service to face late delivery fines
Australia Post and direct mail agents will be forced to compensate customers for late delivery and could face fines from a federal government-appointed ombudsmen if a new government initiative is approved. Communications minister Richard Alston has released the discussion paper, which outlines the role of the new office, which would be funded by the postal industry but administered by a separate board.
Read MoreIvory Coast unable to host international postal forum in 2004
Strife-torn Ivory Coast has pulled out of an agreement to host a major international postal services conference in 2004, Economic Infrastructure Minister Patrick Achi said Friday.
The west African country had been selected at the UN’s Universal Postal Union (UPU) conference in Beijing in 1999 as the host of the organisation’s 23rd congress, set for 2004.
But Achi told AFP that he officially announced at a recent UPU conference in Geneva that Abidjan, the main city in Ivory Coast — split into opposing rebel and government camps since an uprising on September 19 — would not be able to host the conference.
Read MoreCouriers cave in to China Post deadline
International express operators yesterday bent to the wishes of China Post and filed for “entrustment” to deliver business documents and small parcels on the mainland.
The move is seen as a dramatic climbdown for the couriers, who had stated their staunch opposition to a process which effectively made their rival, China Post, the industry regulator.
Read MoreUPS Sets U.S. Shipping Rates For 2003
Today announced package shipping rate adjustments for 2003, consistent with those of recent years for daily customers, that will take effect in the United States on Jan. 6, 2003.
UPS Next Day Air® will increase 3.2 percent and UPS Worldwide Express® will increase 2.9 percent for U.S. export shipments. Rates for UPS’s U.S. commercial ground services will increase 3.9 percent, with the residential surcharge changing from $1.10 to $1.15.
Courtcase against Correos heightens tension in Spanish postal services sector
The court case presented by Asempre, the Spanish association of private postal service operators, against Correos, Spain’s publicly owned postal service operator, has heightened the existing tension in the country’s postal services sector. Correos has complained during the last few years that particular companies have acted illegally and has sent its complaints to Spain’s ministry for public works.
Read MoreDeutsche Post sells Evita
Deutsche Post, the German postal service operator, has announced the sale of Evita, the shopping website it launched three and a half years ago, to Lycos Europe, the internet portal. The postal group said that the business no longer fitted in to its business model. Evita usually attracts around 4.2 million visitors per month.
Lycos Europe achieved turnover of 30m euros in the second quarter of the year, with advertisements and e-commerce, but posted a loss in Ebitda of 22.4m euros.
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