Germany’s Deutsche Post World Net said on Wednesday that its profit rose by nearly 50% in 2000 as the former postal monopoly went on a buying spree to push into foreign markets and expand beyond delivering mail. Net profit jumped 48% to 1.5 billion ($1.3 billion) from $895 million the previous year. Sales advanced 46% to $29.2 billion from $20 billion.
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Read MoreBy 2005, about 5.6 bil e-mail messages expected to cross networks of Internet and e-mail service providers.
Read MoreFollowing our report on a delivery service using only environment-friendly electric vans (e.logistics Magazine, last issue), we now bring you StreetBike.net, which combines pedal power with the reach of the Internet.
Read MoreThink you know how to keep your home-delivery vans refrigerated? It’s a moving target, warns Sharon Clancy, who reports on a shift towards direct-drive systems
Read MoreBetween 30 and 50 per cent of European companies using UPS express parcels delivery services expect some kind of returns service, according to Derek Woodward, UPS Europe’s business development manager.
Read MoreHome-delivery customers will be able to pick up goods from their local pub under a scheme being hatched by Bass Leisure Retail and Delivery Networks, an online express delivery aggregator. A service called Pickup@pub is being tested at 90 London pubs, and if successful will be rolled out nationwide to around 2,000 Bass pubs.
Read MoreThe parcels carrier LYNX Express has issued a stark warning to transport and distribution companies about their capacity to meet the increasing demands placed on them by the growth of e-commerce
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