Exel Direct, a new brand launched this spring, claims half of the US’s outsourced home delivery business. In the UK, an effective home delivery service is seen as a key market differentiator. Years ago the situation was probably the same in the United States, but nowadays the consumer has so much choice that home delivery is seen as a necessary evil
Read MoreAs home deliveries gain in popularity, carriers are having to find ever more ingenious ways to avoid redelivering when the customer is not at home. Legal correspondent Owen Keane warns of the pitfalls of impromptu measures, and urges carriers to establish clear criteria
Read MoreM-box, an integrated home delivery fulfilment service aimed at high-street retailers, emerging e-tailers and manufacturers, hit the ground running at its launch in June with pledges of support from some of the biggest guns of industry. They include Express Dairies, which has taken a stake in the business, and Birds Eye Wall’s, which says it plans to use the service for home delivery trials.
Read MoreLa Poste Group Chairman Martin Vial has opened a new GeoPost UK hub in Birmingham. The new facilities cover 50,000 sq m and represent an investment of £15m.
Read MoreTNT 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
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