Marketing Week has noted that Osterreichische Post AG, the Austrian post office, has unveiled a new store format called Post.at. In addition to traditional postal services, the outlet offers a range of up to 1,000 office and stationery products, books and CDs. Four Post.at outlets are currently operating, the latest of which opened in Vienna last week.
Read MoreBrit-European Tranport has won a £2 million, three-year contract from German Logistics company Transmed GmbH on behalf of a division of Germanys largest pharmaceutical wholesaler Phoenix Pharma-handel.
Read MoreNext-day distribution network Palletline is opening two new hubs to meet a rise in demand as pallent movements approach one million for the year.
Read MoreAnsett Airlines has been placed into voluntary receivership by Air New Zealand, its owner, after Qantas Airways quit talks to buy Australia’s debt-burdened second-ranked carrier.
After the Qantas rejection Air NZ suffered a further knock-back when the Australian government refused to underwrite a restructuring of Ansett’s operations into a lower-cost airline called Ansett 2.
Read MoreSouth Africa said on Tuesday it would sign a termination agreement with New Zealand Post Office by the end of the week, formalising the premature end of a three-year consultancy agreement
Read MorePT Bank Niaga, now under control of the government and the state-owned postal company PT Pos Indonesia have established cooperation in distributing credits to buy motorcycles and saving service in post offices.
Read MoreThe Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) recently
approved for the Directorate General of Posts (DGP) to deliver
express mail on behalf of Chung-hwa Express Co., Ltd. to mainland
China.
Aggressive Cost Cutting Results In Lower Than Projected Request.
The Board of Governors of the Postal Service said today they will propose a three-cent increase in the price of a First-Class stamp as part of an overall rate increase request, which is less than 9 percent. The request will be formally submitted to the Postal Rate Commission later this month and is well below initial predictions of 10 to15 percent. For the past 30 years, the price of stamps have tracked the Consumer Price Index
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