TNT Logistics has opened a new distribution centre near Vatry, France for Fiat Auto spare parts. The site employs 300 staff and has direct rail and motorway links. It is reported to be the largest custom-built site in France this year.
Read Morearticle about deregulation in energy/public utilities but relevant to post deregulation.
75% of US public-utility commissioners intend to halt deregulation efforts as a result of the energy debacle in California. By Jim Robb & Tony Sugalski
European logistics company Christian Salvesen has developed its presence in the packaged lubricants market by winning the contract to store and distribute ExxonMobil products in the UK.
The deal involves Mobil and Esso branded packed lubricants. Salvesen’s industrn division had been providing UK logistics for the BP Mobil joint venture since 1997, until the joint venture was recently brought to an end following the merger of Exxon and Mobil Corporations.
USPS, Notice 123 Ratefold effective July 1, 2001
Read MoreAs of July 1, 2001 all of our wholly owned companies – Belgian Mailhouse N.V., First Priority UK Ltd, and Scandinavian Distribution & Postal Service Inc. (SDPS)– will begin their day with Direct Link™ as their new identity
Read MoreTwo of the UKs leading mail order companies, Freemans and Grattan, have launched a subsidiary company specialising in the provision of :complete third-party fulfillment services.
Read MoreCustomers are more and more unhappy with the postal service and express mail services, according to survey from the American Customer Satisfaction Index
Read MoreIN THE majority of Western countries, businesses and consumers take a reliable postal service for granted. Once a letter or package is posted, it’s expected to be delivered within the timescale paid for and for it to arrive intact at its destination. But what about the postal systems in countries having to cope with the joint challenges of economic and political upheaval after the fall of Communism?
Russia, one of the countries that has faced these issues, offers vast business potential for direct marketers, but capitalising on this fact can be easier said than done. Its State-owned postal system, run by the Federal Mail Service Board, is having to deal with the demands of a free market economy dragging itself into the new millennium and compared to, for example, the British or American postal services, it is antiquated to say the least. So in order to take advantage of what Russia can offer with regard to direct marketing (DM), it pays to become au fait with its primitive postal traditions.
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