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Google gives discount to FedEx users

Posted by | Jun 19, 2007 | |

Google Inc., owner of the most- popular Internet search engine, is offering discounts to customers of its online payment service who ship items with FedEx Corp., stepping up competition with EBay Inc.

Merchants using Google Checkout can save as much as 21 percent on express shipments, which are delivered in one to three business days, Mountain View, California-based Google said today on its Web log. Smaller discounts are available for international, ground and home deliveries.

“With the addition of significant shipping-via-FedEx savings, Google now offers merchants an even more compelling reason to adopt Google Checkout,” Piper Jaffray & Co. analyst Gene Munster said in a report. He rates the shares “outperform.”

The accord follows a similar agreement last week between EBay, which has a rival service to Google’s, and United Parcel Service Inc. EBay, the world’s largest online auctioneer, decided last year it wouldn’t offer Checkout as a payment option on its sites. Last week it also reduced advertising spending with Google.

Google unveiled Checkout a year ago as part of a plan to expand beyond its Internet-search business. The company added the service in the U.K. in April.

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Geodis enhances China forwarding services

Posted by | Jun 19, 2007 | |

Geodis has strengthened its services to Hong Kong and China, following the recent acquisition of TNT Freight Management (TFM) which doubled Geodis’ exporting capacity in Asia. The company intends to incorporate Geodis Overseas, its existing air and sea freight activities, under the Geodis Wilson umbrella before the end of this year.

“Geodis has traditionally had a strong presence in Hong Kong and China,” said Jamie Cuthbert, managing director of Geodis UK, “and the scope of our organisation has grown significantly since the acquisition of TFM. We now have 210,000 square feet of warehousing space and 620 employees across our nine offices throughout the region. With the pooled volumes this has brought, we have further enhanced our offering to the market-place. The deal has allowed us to implement an even more competitive pricing structure, increase the frequency of our services and provide a greater coverage of the region.

Geodis Wilson’s air freight service out of the region operates direct consolidated air shipments on a daily basis. For sea freight, the company functions as a Non Vessel Owning Common Carrier (NVOCC).

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La Poste launches “Holiday Pack”

Posted by | Jun 19, 2007 | |

Due for the start of the holiday season in France, La Poste has launched new products for the summer.

The Holiday Pack includes:

• Post lockers from 1 day to 2 months, depending on the absence period.
• Pack of special discounts with 7 companies in different services e.g. renting a car, sport and traveling magazines etc.

The ‘Holiday Pack’ is available in all post offices with a unique cost of €18.

La Poste has also launched a new set of seasonal stamps which are available in a 10 stamp box. The stamps are also available on-line.

Postal cards are delivered through MMS – (a service which is part of the agreement with Orange SFR). The customer can send through MMS a picture from the mobile plus the message to be included and the address of the recipient. La Poste will print and delivery the post card physically.

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Deutsche Post to open 600 new retail outlets In Germany

Posted by | Jun 19, 2007 | |

Starting this autumn, Deutsche Post will open some 600 new retail outlets throughout Germany, thereby boosting the size of its network to over 13,000 locations. By the end of the year, the company will have expanded its Postpoint pilot project to the whole of Germany. Trials of this new type of retail outlet have until now been limited to the cities of Dortmund and Bonn.

Postpoints satisfy the daily requirements of private households and can handle small and large parcels as well as letter mail. In addition to stamps and Paketmarke prepaid parcel stamps, customers will also be able to purchase prepaid envelopes, response cards and small parcels (Plusbrief, Pluskarte and Pluspäckchen). Postpoint customers can also use our registered mail, redirection and storage services, as well as find out about our products and prices. Postpoints are run by Deutsche Post in collaboration with trusted retail partners. By providing a service during normal shop opening hours, Deutsche Post is placing the customer at the heart of its business.

The trial of this new approach is one of the initiatives launched under the worldwide quality program announced last year: “First Choice” aims to ensure that the Group cements its position as the preferred provider for its customers.

The actual locations of the new Postpoints are expected to be decided and announced in September, as soon as negotiations with our retail partners have been completed.

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India Post to launch Post Bank of India

Posted by | Jun 19, 2007 | |

In its bid to diversify the varied financial services and helping the common people, India Post is considering to launch a full-fledged banking system-, Post Bank of India in the country.

This was announced here today by Union Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology Dr Shakeel Ahmed while presiding the function of tie-up between HDFC Bank and Department of Posts (DOP), West Bengal circle, to offer loans against postal securities.

Dr Ahmed said the main aim of introducing the banking system was to offer loans to the people in the remotest parts of the country exploiting the vast network of India Post.

“We are having discussions with the Union Finance Ministry in this regard and some amendment will be made in the postal act, if necessary, to ensure the full-fledged banking system by India Post”, Dr Ahmed said.

He said the proposal would be placed in the next session of Parliament.

Expressing concern over the low interest rates in post offices, Dr Ahmed said his department was taking a number of steps to make India Post a hub of multiple activities. He also informed that all the 150 post offices in the country would be linked with the National Data Centre during the 11th five-year plan.

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Harte-Hanks Is Chosen by JCPenney as Its 'Supply Chain Provider of the Year' for 2007

Posted by | Jun 19, 2007 | |

Harte-Hanks, Inc., a worldwide direct and targeted marketing company, announced today that it has been awarded “Supply Chain Provider of the Year” honors by its client and leading retailer J. C. Penney Company, Inc., for 2007.

Harte-Hanks performs numerous supply chain and other services for JCPenney, among them the transportation planning and delivery management of various classes of direct mail to the U.S. Postal Service, and that of retail circulars and inserts to newspapers across the country. Harte-Hanks manages its logistics organization from its Deerfield Beach, FL, offices, with facilities nationwide.

At a recent JCPenney event honoring its vendors and suppliers, Harte-Hanks and its logistics team members were cited by the retailer for their dedication, advocacy, results focus, can-do attitude and problem-solving

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Letter Carriers Set July 1 Picketing in New Jersey to Oppose 'Contracting Out' by Postal Service

Posted by | Jun 19, 2007 | |

Members of Paterson Branch 120 of the National Association of Letter Carriers will engage in informational picketing on Sunday, July 1, at the Paterson Post Office to protest a growing policy of the U.S. Postal Service to contract out to private firms and individuals the delivery of mail in urban and suburban areas, the postal union announced today.

NALC Branch 120 President Joseph Murone said the Paterson demonstration is one of many planned throughout the nation to bring attention of the public to this new policy that will diminish service to postal customers and endanger the future viability of the Postal Service.

The NALC’s effort to fight privatization of mail delivery has gained strong support in Congress. Sen. Tom Harkin (news, bio, voting record) (D-IA) has introduced legislation (S. 1457) to outlaw most contracting out, and in the House of Representatives, Rep. Albio Sires (news, bio, voting record) (D-NJ) has authored H. Res. 282 which would condemn the practice and urges the Postal Service to halt the practice immediately. The entire New Jersey House delegation has joined as cosponsors of the Sires resolution.

The NALC represents 298,000 active and retired letter carriers of the U.S. Postal Service is all 50 states and U.S. jurisdictions.

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DHL’s CEO Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa (EEMEA) visits airport hub in Jordan

Posted by | Jun 19, 2007 | |

DHL Jordan, the leading express and logistics provider, hosted the DHL CEO of Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa (EEMA), Mr. Ken Allen, along with the regional DHL Management team as they underwent a progress visit to DHL’s Gateway and Hub Facility at Queen Alia International Airport.

During a tour on site, Mazen Saba, DHL’s Operations Manager briefed the visitors on the milestones achieved with the progress of the Gateway and Hub project. He then shed light on what the Gateway and Hub represents in terms of enhancing DHL’s competitive position and abilities to provide the highest level of service to customers in Jordan. Saba also emphasized that the DHL Gateway and Hub, which is considered the first airside facility of its kind in Jordan, will offer DHL customers a 24/7 customs clearance.

“Accelerated progress for the Gateway and Hub was made possible thanks to the support of Jordan Customs, The Civil Aviation Authority, Airport Special Security Division and the Airport authority,” Saba exclaimed.

The DHL EEMA CEO highlighted the importance of the Gateway and Hub Facility to enhance further development on work procedures and DHL activities in the Kingdom, as well as enhancing its advanced local and regional position in the field of transport and logistic services.

The DHL Gateway and Hub Facility is expected to be operational by mid August this year.

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