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Mexico: DHL too speedy for deceleration

Posted by | Oct 22, 2001 | |

Express delivery group DHL is set to keep up growth levels of over 15% in 2001 – it has averaged 25% growth in the last 6 years – despite these troubled times for Mexico. In 2000, the group posted a turnover of US$200mil. Results could well be 20% below original predictions however. Its 65% share of services to the US is down to 60% but services to Europe and South America are up. It is attracting more importers thanks to its new Import Express product – at present, the importers’ market represents a total of US$150mil in Mexico and DHL makes off with 10%.

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DHL pact with Unishippers is gateway to network

Posted by | Oct 22, 2001 | |

Of special benefit to DHL is expected to be Unishippers’ 200,000 business network, the companies said in a statement. Synergies are seen through combining of DHL’s large company customer base with Unishippers’ small to medium-sized market segment.

‘This alliance will enable Unishippers to leverage DHL’s unparalleled air express service across the globe,’ said Jeffrey Corbett president, DHL.

‘In turn, DHL will widen exposure for its suite of international services through Unishippers International franchisee network.’ The partners see particular advantages accruing to the smaller end of the market.

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Magazines in a mail-strom of rate hikes

Posted by | Oct 22, 2001 | |

For magazine publishers, it’s an instance where increasing frequency is not a welcome development.

For the third time in 2001, the industry is grappling with the issue of postal rate increases, and though the latest proposed increase wouldn’t take effect till 2002 at the earliest, it could cost the magazine industry another $200 million at a time when it can ill afford the additional hit.

Following a 9.9% increase for magazines in January and a 2.6% increase in July, the latest proposal, or rate case, now under review at the Postal Rate Commission will likely up the cost of mailing periodicals by another 10% (AA, Sept. 17).

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Australia Post delivers the goods

Posted by | Oct 22, 2001 | |

Who is Australia’s most successful book publisher? Or the retailer that attracts about one million customers a day? For most, Australia Post would not be the first name that springs to mind.

Innovation and cutting edge ideas are not usually associated with an organisation seen by many as just a monopoly-guaranteed mail delivery service. But by coming in at number one in the reputation index, Australia Post has outperformed some of Australia’s biggest and most successful companies and multinationals.

Back in the early 1990s, the doomsayers were warning that email and the Internet would chew away at its core business, that nifty express operators with inexpensive tailored distribution networks would target areas not protected by monopoly guarantee. Volumes would shrink, the best parts of the business would be delivered into the hands of competitors and post offices would shut down.

Instead, the reverse has happened. Since its corporatisation in 1989, Australia Post has increased its pre-tax profits six-fold to $391.9 million in 1999/00. Another increase is expected when it reports its annual profit this week. In 1990, its proportion of wages to revenue was 67 per cent. It is now 44 per cent.

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Deutsche Post to Debut Division to Help U.S. DMers Tackle Europe

Posted by | Oct 22, 2001 | |

Deutsche Post Global Mail is preparing the U.S. launch of its European-based Competence Center, which helps direct marketers expand into Europe and Asia.
DPGM, the U.S. subsidiary of Deutsche Post World Net, Europe’s largest postal company, will make the announcement at next week’s Direct Marketing Association’s 84th Annual Conference & Exhibition. Deutsche Post is also preparing a direct mail campaign to support the service.

The Competence Center, which was launched in 1999 and is based in Germany, offers a range of services for direct marketers that want to expand into Europe.

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Swiss investors unite to rescue airline

Posted by | Oct 22, 2001 | |

The Swiss government, several Swiss billionaires and 15 of the country’s biggest companies on Monday threw their weight behind a plan to try to rebuild a Swiss national airline out of the remnants of Swissair. The success of the SFr4bn (E2.7bn) rescue plan, known as Phoenix Plus, hung in the balance until the last moment, with the government unwilling to back the biggest corporate bailout in the country’s history without a matching contribution from the private sector.

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BT shows interest in running Post Office vans

Posted by | Oct 22, 2001 | |

British Telecommunications has expressed an interest in running a fleet of 40,000 vehicles owned by the Post Office in a marked reversal of its recent disposal strategy.
Consignia, the renamed group which runs the Royal Mail, has asked for tenders from companies interested in managing the Post Office fleet, which is one of the largest in the country.

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Deutsche Post AG to keep letter monopoly until 2007

Posted by | Oct 21, 2001 | |

Oct 22, 2001, (Die Welt /FT Information via COMTEX) — Deutsche Post AG, Germany’s postal services operator, is to keep its letter monopoly until 2007, it was announced yesterday. The monopoly had previously been scheduled to end on 31 December 2002.

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