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Technical Supremacy sets ByBoxes apart

Posted by | Oct 16, 2007 | |

ByBox has launched a new generation of electronic postal lockers that are not only available in a variety of sizes and configurations to meet every requirement; but also packed with technical innovation to make them extremely flexible, user-friendly and secure.

The result is a reliable, robust and readily accessible system that is proven to provide postal operators and their customers with new levels of service, and swift delivery and collection facilities that meet the changing needs of the postal market.

Equally suitable for internal and external use, each locker bank is flexible and can be easily changed by adding or removing a column of locker doors. Built with tough, environmentally resistant material and coated in vandalism resistant paint, they operate over a large temperature range and at up to 93 pct humidity. To protect customers from the elements, external locker banks can be fitted with a weatherproof canopy.

Lockers are available in several standard dimensions that handle everything from large parcels to letters, and sizes can be customised if required. They can also be supplied in a variety of colours and branded to aid customer identification.

A number of security features are factored into the locker bank design. They include sensors that detect any attempted break-ins, and software that detects tampering and sounds an alarm after several aborted attempts.

At the same time, user security data may be monitored in a number of different ways, using signature capture, web camera and biometrics techniques such as fingerprint recognition.

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FedEx Kinko's opens first smaller store

Posted by | Oct 16, 2007 | |

FedEx Kinko’s is opening new, smaller format stores in the Tucson market.

A FedEx Kinko’s Office and Print Center has opened at 8150 N. Cortaro Road. The store is about one-third the size of most Kinko’s stores.

Another small-format store is opening in November at 7301 E. Tanque Verde Road. There are three other Tucson stores.

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Consultation Starts on Changes to Post Office Network – Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

Posted by | Oct 16, 2007 | |

Post Office Ltd today opened a six week local public consultation on its Area Plan for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. In line with the criteria and factors set by the Government in its Response document, DTI The Post Office Network, Government response to public consultation May 2007 the Area Plan proposes future provision of Post Office services through a network of 300 branches across the area, resulting in the closure of 62 existing branches.

Under the proposals, more than 99 pct of the area’s population will either see no change to their nearest branch, or will remain within one mile (by road distance) of an alternative branch.

Within the 300 branches proposed to serve Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Post Office Ltd is proposing to establish nine outreach services, which would use innovative ways to continue to provide Post Office services- particularly in smaller communities – where the existing branch is proposed for closure.

Possible types of outreach service in Hampshire and The Isle of Wight could include a mobile service visiting small communities at set times, a hosted service operated within third party premises for restricted hours each week, or a partner service within the premises of a local partner (such as a pub landlord).

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Western Union teams with Wal-Mart Canada to offer Western Union Money Transfers(R) and Quick Collect(R) services

Posted by | Oct 16, 2007 | |

The Western Union Company and Wal-Mart Canada Corp., today announced an agreement to provide fast, reliable and convenient global money transfers and Quick Collect(R) services to consumers in Canada.

With a national, chain-wide rollout scheduled for completion in early 2008, Western Union(R) services will be available effective today at select Wal-Mart stores throughout the Greater Toronto area. Wal-Mart Canada currently operates 287 stores coast to coast, serving more than 1 million Canadians daily.

“Customers turn to Wal-Mart for convenience and value – and we are constantly looking for ways to introduce new services at everyday low prices,” said Trudy Fahie, Vice President Financial Services, Wal-Mart Canada Corp. “Through this relationship with Western Union, our customers can enjoy the best overall value when it comes to choosing a money-transfer service provider.”

Through Wal-Mart Canada, Western Union will offer consumers the ability to send and receive Western Union Money Transfers(R) transactions to over 200 countries and territories. The Western Union Quick Collect(R) service enables consumers to send payments for their mortgages, credit-card bills, as well as car and consumer loans using cash or a debit card at Wal-Mart Canada stores.

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UK Post Office launches home broadband service

Posted by | Oct 16, 2007 | |

Post Office UK has added broadband internet access to its growing range of home telecommunications services.

The company’s standalone broadband service offers 8-Mbps of bandwidth for GBP 9.95 per month, including DSL modem rental. An enhanced version of the service costing GBP 15.95 per month comes with a wireless router, security suite, and parental controls.

Post Office is also offering a Premium broadband and telephony bundle, with includes basic DSL and fixed-line telephone service, with free evening and weekend calls to other landlines, for GBP 21.95 per month. Customers can add the enhanced broadband features to this package for an additional GBP 4.

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Further Acquisition in Croatia: Austrian Post purchases ST Media

Posted by | Oct 16, 2007 | |

Another important expansion step taken on the Croatian unaddressed mail market
Closing follows within the next weeks

At the beginning of 2007, Austrian Post acquired Weber Escal, the leader in Croatia’s unaddressed mail market. Austrian Post now announces the acquisition of ST Media, the number two in this market segment.

ST Media has more than 10 years of experience operating in the field of delivering unaddressed advertising mail in Croatia. This year, the company will distribute more than 100 million unaddressed advertising mail items, achieving revenues surpassing EUR 2 million, which represents a market share of about 25 % in Croatia.

The Croatian market for unaddressed mail is in a stage of infancy, and thus features high growth rates. Subsequently, revenue growth at Weber Escal has exceeded a level of 50% during the current business year alone. “With the acquisition of ST media, Austrian Post is in a position to effectively deal with the rapid growth in Croatia, and to offer our customers even better services“, says Walter Hitziger, Member of the Management Board with responsibility for the Mail Division.

This year, ST Media and Weber Escal together employ a delivery staff of 600 people, and will distribute close to 300 million direct mail items. The two companies account for about three-quarters of the total Croatian market for unaddressed advertising mail. The close cooperation of the two companies will enable Austrian Post to achieve greater cost efficiency and exploit synergies in the future, particularly in the delivery of the mail items.

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Business deserts Post Office in the UK

Posted by | Oct 16, 2007 | |

Small businesses are ready to desert Royal Mail and switch to private sector delivery rivals after counting the cost of the damaging postal dispute, a survey shows.

More than half the small companies surveyed for the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), say they are more likely to use alternative services to reduce the risk of further disruption to their business.

Rival mail services, the internet or a personal limited service for key customers are among the options they are exploring.

Royal Mail is braced for a backlash from dissatisfied customers, but is banking on higher rates charged by rivals to prove a deterrent for business customers to switch. The weekend BCC poll, based on replies from 183 members, showed 62pc of them have already started using alternative services to send and settle invoices, while 88pc have seen their businesses suffer from cash-flow problems and lost orders and other costs involved in meeting the cost of the strike.

Natalie Evans, head of policy at BCC, said the survey results hammered home the damage to Royal Mail and the loss of confidence among customers. “It will not be easy for Royal Mail to regain their confidence,” she said.

Royal Mail has seen business shrink even before the strike with the loss of 40pc of its bulk-mail business. Rivals TNT, Business Post and Deutsche Post have been working flat out during the strike to ensure they keep the new business.

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Saatchi & Saatchi Italy catches the Italian Post

Posted by | Oct 16, 2007 | |

Saatchi & Saatchi Italy has won the budget for the communication activities of Poste Italiane (Italian Post Office), covering postal services and the post office network.

The agency has been assigned a 3-year contract, following a pitch that involved many of the agency’s divisions, from traditional advertising to online/interactive, direct marketing and shopper marketing.

Fabrizio Caprara, Joint CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi Italy, said, “We are very pleased with this result. First of all because we are happy to have once again the opportunity of working with this client with whom we have had in the past a very fruitful experience. And secondly because it gives great satisfaction to be involved in a project in which close interaction between the agency’s different marketing disciplines will play a fundamental role.”

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