Danzas expands in Mexico
6 August 2001 Danzas has entered into a joint venture with Doal S.A. de C.V., its agent in Mexico. The combined company wil be known as Danzas AEI S.A. de C.V will have 300 employees
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UK Post Office plans online bill service
Consignia is planning to cash in on the growing use of the internet in Britain by launching a virtual post office that will allow customers to pay utility and other bills electronically through a single, dedicated website
Read MoreUPS Sees Rapid Business Growth in China
United Parcel Service (UPS), the
world’s largest express carrier and package delivery company, headquartered in
the U.S., has announced here that its business in China during the second
quarter of this year had increased by 25 percent from the same period of last
year.
Post Office plans online bill service
Consignia is planning to cash in on the growing use of the internet in Britain by launching a virtual post office that will allow customers to pay utility and other bills electronically through a single, dedicated website. The service will be free to those paying bills, but billers, such as water and and electricity companies, will be required to pay a small fee on each transaction as well as initial start up costs.”
Read MoreUPS says USPS does not need greater commercial freedom sought in reform
UPS says USPS does not need greater commercial freedom sought in reform Copyright 2001, Traffic World Magazine Never mind that postal reform has gone nowhere in Congress for more than seven years. United Parcel Service is confident that this is the year of postal reform and happily predicts the end result will be more pricing oversight and very little commercial freedom for the U.S. Postal Service until it can figure out how to manage its monopoly business and stop hemorrhaging money.
Read MoreDeutsche Post: Internet Postage Pilot a Success.
Declaring that pilots of its Internet postage offering have been successful,
Deutsche Post plans to launch the service nationwide at the end of August. The three-month-long pilots were conducted with 48 customers in Bonn and
Offenbach. The trials were designed to test the PC franking software Stampit,
the virtual stamp sales counter Postage Point and the reading systems at the
mail sorting centers.
Could less advertising hurt periodicals cost coverage?
The average weight-per-piece in Periodicals Mail has gone down this year, which probably means many publications have less advertising due to the slowing economy.
Since the advertising portion in Periodicals rates makes up a larger part of the cost coverage than the editorial portion, one has to wonder what impact this might have on the cost coverage in Periodicals Mail.
Economys woes affect parcel shipping volumes
The average weight-per-piece in Periodicals Mail has gone down this year, which probably means many publications have less advertising due to the slowing economy.
Since the advertising portion in Periodicals rates makes up a larger part of the cost coverage than the editorial portion, one has to wonder what impact this might have on the cost coverage in Periodicals Mail.
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