Japan Post allies with GeoPost to launch cross-border e-commerce service
Japan Post is forming an alliance with La Poste’s international parcel-express company GeoPost to further its ambitions in the e-commerce space.
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Price rises for bpost
From 1 January 2015, ten or more postage stamps, for a normalised mail item within Belgium will cost €0.72 rather than €0.70. The price for individual stamps remain at €0.77 in 2015.
Read Moretrans-o-flex launches temperature-controlled network in Germany
Austrian Post’s German parcel company trans-o-flex has launched a new nationwide temperature-controlled network for the pharmaceutical industry.
Read MoreState to subsidise Norway’s universal postal service, postal banking
The Norwegian Government has agreed to fund Norway Post’s unprofitable postal services.
Read MoreUSPS early morning grocery service could “hurt private businesses”
The US Postal Service should not be allowed to run early morning grocery delivery services because it would hurt existing private sector providers.
Read MoreUK consumer survey hints at another pressure peak season
With parcel carriers gearing up for another bumper Christmas period, new research suggests that online shoppers in the UK are still planning on leaving their festive gift buying to the last minute.
Read MoreDHL launches freight capacity management program
DHL Global Forwarding is responding to global trade growth with freight capacity initiatives designed to support customers in a challenging market environment. These include securing sufficient long term capacity on some of the world’s busiest trade lanes such as, to and from Asia Pacific, where carrier rates are climbing as a result of shortfalls in freight capacity.
Read MoreH1 results confirm overall growth trend for global postal industry
In the first half of 2014, the global postal industry registered year-on- year revenue growth of 2.3%1, according to analysis published today by International Post Corporation (IPC).
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