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FedEx Kinko's No More All-Nighters Campaign goes Guerilla

Posted by | Apr 6, 2007 | |

FedEx Kinko’s launched a guerilla marketing campaign this week in conjunction with its NoMoreAllnighters.com campaign. The campaign is for its new Print Online offering. The image below is an example of activities in Atlanta, San Francisco, Philadelphia and Chicago. The same activity will happen in New York next week.

The FedEx Kinko’s NoMoreAllnighters.com site is a dedicated resource for small businesses, mobile professionals and really anyone who is consistently burning the midnight oil. The site provides an overview of FedEx Kinko’s Print Online offering and how users can utilize it to save time and ultimately prevent allnighters. It also gives visitors a chance to win a 7-day-all-nighter stay at a luxury result in Hawaii – somewhere WORTH staying up. The site and sweepstakes are inspired by the new FedEx Kinko’s Print Online service featured in a comical commercial airing now.

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FedEx Express to acquire Flying-Cargo in Hungary

Posted by | Apr 6, 2007 | |

FedEx Corp. announced today that its FedEx Express unit signed an agreement to acquire its Hungarian global service participant, Flying-Cargo Hungary Kft. The transaction, which is the latest step in the company’s Eastern Europe expansion strategy, will give FedEx a wholly-owned operation in one of the region’s dynamic markets.

Flying-Cargo, a privately-held company, has been the FedEx global service participant in Hungary since 2003 and has a proven track record of providing high-quality service. All of Flying-Cargo’s day-to-day operations are expected to remain unchanged for the foreseeable future, and the company will function as a wholly-owned business of FedEx Express.

“Since the mid 1990’s, Hungary has proven to be one of the standout economies in Eastern Europe, with import and export growth rates of up to 7% projected until 2009,” said Robert W. Elliott, president of FedEx Express, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Indian subcontinent.

FedEx has expanded its network throughout Eastern Europe by introducing a series of new flights and country offerings over the past three years. Michael L. Ducker, president of FedEx Express International added that “Central and Eastern Europe, which is growing at nearly three times that of Western Europe, presents significant opportunities for our customers.”

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GLS changes product names in France

Posted by | Apr 5, 2007 | |

GLS has changed the names of its products and services in France to bring them in line with the standard offers in 12 other countries on the continent.

The group has harmonised the names of its products across Europe in the English language and this will clarify its offers to clients, chief executive Rico Back said.

Next-day delivery of its Business-Parcel is available till 18.00 in France. Express-Parcel is delivered the second day (J+1) before 13.00, while Euro-Business-Parcel (formerly Euro Pass) is for rapid shipment throughout GLS’ 35-country network.

New services include: Pick&Ship, where parcels are picked up from destinations other than the client’s usual one; AddOnInsurance, for extra insurance cover of parcels; and DocumentReturn, allowing the return of documents in exchange for delivery of a parcel.

InNight-Parcel, InNight-SmallParcel and InNight-Solution provide urgent delivery, respectively, of packages up to 30kg, envelopes and parcels up to 2kg, and high security mail and documents, such as those between banks.

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MRW expands further in Spain

Posted by | Apr 5, 2007 | |

Spanish express carrier MRW has opened two more outlets in Spain, bringing the total number of franchises it holds in Iberia to 770.

The company announced yesterday that it had opened a new branch in Utiel, its 28th in the Valencia area, following the inauguration of new offices in Isla de la Cartuja, its 35th in Sevilla province.

MRW has opened 34 new outlets in Spain since the beginning of last year, while revenues at the group are also expanding. They grew 9% to EUR 564 last year.

The company also has franchises in Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra, served by 39 logistics distribution platforms, 10,500 staff, 5,000 vehicles and three aircraft.

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GO! to invest EUR 7m in new German hub

Posted by | Apr 5, 2007 | |

German express operator GO! will invest EUR 7 million in a new hub in central Germany to cope with its volume growth.

Construction work on the “HUB 2020” at Niederaula in central Germany is scheduled to start in May and completion is due by the end of this year. The sorting terminal will initially cover 3,600 sqm on a site covering 30,000 sqm and is planned to be expanded in stages in the years up to 2020.

GO! said that a new building was necessary to replace the existing facility at nearby Neuenstein which no longer had sufficient capacity to cope with its volumes. At present, about 10,000 shipments are sorted and prepared for onward transport within a time-frame of three hours.

“The sorting capacity will first be designed for 6,000 shipments per hour and can be increased to 13,000 shipments per hour,” explained GO! managing director Ralf-Hans Dierks. The new hub, with its modular expansion options, would have sufficient capacity for the next 10-15 years, he added.

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Barriers to postal privatization remain

Posted by | Apr 5, 2007 | |

With six months left before the privatization of Japan Post on Oct. 1, there are many hurdles to clear, such as the purchase of government-commissioned special postal offices privately owned by individuals across the country.

Japan Post Corp., a company established in January 2006 by Japan Post in preparation for postal privatization, will submit to the government a detailed business plan at the end of this month in a move to enter the final stage of preparations for postal privatization.

Japan Post Corp. President Yoshifumi Nishikawa, who has doubled as president of Japan Post since Sunday, said at a news conference Monday, “A host of issues read to be resolved before realizing postal privatization.”

The task to be tackled for the moment is the purchase of special post offices owned by postmasters. Of about 17,500 special post offices, Japan Post Corp. plans to purchase 2,400 of them engaged only in delivery and mail collection at a total cost of 100 billion yen.

Currently, Japan Post pays about 80 billion yen a year in rental fees to the 17,500 special post offices. Rental fees to 2,400 post offices on the purchase list amount to 16 billion yen.

In many cases, the rent is set at higher levels than going rates, according to a source who asked not to be identified.

The national association of postmasters of special post offices, for its part, is resisting the plan to purchase special post offices. About 900 special post offices, or nearly 40 percent of those on the purchase list, have refused to sell, saying the purchase offer is too low.

Japan Post is making strenuous efforts to persuade them to sell their post offices by extending the deadline for negotiations earlier set for the end of March until early April.

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Parcelnet and Redcats UK courier network deal improves customer service levels

Posted by | Apr 5, 2007 | |

Parcelnet, the UK courier delivery network and provider of home shopping fulfillment services, is acquiring the Redcats UK courier network operation to further develop its existing delivery business. The combined courier network, which will consist of over 7,000 couriers, will significantly enhance the range of services available to Redcats UK – Parcelnet will provide a home delivery service for Redcats UK brands La Redoute, Empire Stores, Vertbaudet and Daxon. It will also enable Parcelnet to provide more delivery options for its customers.

Integrating the two operations will give access to greater courier density, which will enable Parcelnet to introduce more delivery options for customers. It will service the needs of more than 40 home shopping clients, including many of the UK’s leading retailers whose remote retail success is underpinned by Parcelnet’s delivery services.

“The acquisition of Redcats UK’s courier network business by Parcelnet is a positive move for both parties: Parcelnet acquires an established courier network supported by expert staff and Redcats UK benefits from the extended service range and support levels provided by Parcelnet’s courier delivery network,” said David Meredith, Redcats UK’s Logistics Director.

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Austrian Post offers parcel service at petrol stations

Posted by | Apr 5, 2007 | |

Austrian Post has signed a deal with the country’s OMV petrol station chain to offer parcel services at 183 outlets in a move to broaden its services and reach new target groups.

From this month, consumers in Vienna will be able to hand in parcels at VIVA shops within 10 OMV petrol stations. The service will go nationwide to the 183 OMV locations in June.

Parcels will be delivered domestically within 24 hours and a European delivery service will also be offered. Austrian Post hopes to generate annual volumes of several hundred thousand parcels once the service is fully operational.

Walter Hitziger, Austrian Post board member for mail, parcels and logistics, said: “This cooperation will make it easier for Austrians to send their parcels.” Consumers would benefit in particular from the long opening hours and easy accessibility of petrol stations and good parking facilities.

GLS had planned to set up parcel shops at OMV locations but did not proceed beyond a test phase.

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