The Changing Face of Sales and Payment – Channels in Commercial Postal Environments
The Changing Face of Sales and Payment – Channels in Commercial Postal Environments
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Postal services in Japan 2007
In fiscal 2006 the Japanese postal service reported total mail volume of 24,677.24 million pieces, down 0.6% or 141.38 million pieces from the same period last year. Annual per capita mail volume was 194 items, two pieces less than the previous year. First-Class letters and Second-Class mail made up about 90% of the total volume of mail, and accounted for 21,094.13 million items, down 1.7% from the previous year. Total parcel post volume was 2,317.41 million pieces, up 242.44 million pieces from the previous year due to increased use by department stores and mail-order companies. Operating revenues (excluding internal use by Japan Post) for 2006 was 1.8543 trillion yen, down 0.1%, or 1.3 billion yen from the same period last year. Overall, Japan Post recorded a net income of 942.5 billion yen, down 990.5 billion yen from the previous year’s 1,933.1billion yen. This decline was as a result of incorporating extraordinary gains and losses into net ordinary income, transferring an additional 177.4 billion yen to the policyholders’ dividend reserve in the Postal Life Insurance Service and because money trust management income in the Postal Savings Service fell 1,184.2 billion yen.
Read MoreDSV Air & Sea Holding A/S invests in Pakistan
DSV Air & Sea Holding A/S has made an investment of 20% of the shares in
Country Logistics (PVT) Ltd. in Pakistan. DSV Air & Sea Holding A/S has an
option to acquire the remaining shares within a three years’ period.
Country Logistics (PVT) Ltd. has been the official partner of the DSV global
network for the past three years.
Country Logistics (PVT) Ltd. has an annual turnover of approx. DKK 25 mill. The
company is represented by six locations in Pakistan.
This investment is seen as an important development in the expansion strategy
for the Sub Continent region, where DSV Air & Sea Holding A/S already has own
operations in India and Bangladesh.
In future Country Logistics (PVT) Ltd. will operate under the identity of DSV
Air & Sea (PVT) Ltd.
Questions should be addressed to Peter Larsen, Vice President of DSV Air & Sea
Holding A/S, phone number +45 43 20 30 40.
China's Postal Business Volume Exceeds 80b Yuan
China’s post service business has witnessed an 11.6 percent average annual growth to exceed 80 billion yuan (USD10.64 billion) since the sector was separated from telecommunications business in 1998, according to a senior postal official. Ma Junsheng, director of the State Post Bureau, told a Sino-US seminar on postal reforms and express delivery on Monday that the business volume of express delivery in China had reached 30 billion yuan, with more than 2,400 express service companies.
In 1998, China carried out the reform to separate postal and telecommunications businesses in the whole country, and in 2005 the government carried out further reforms to separate administration from business operation in the postal sector. Under the new postal system, postal enterprises operate independently while administrative departments supervise the industry according to law, Ma said. On January 29 this year, Ma said, the restructured State Post Bureau and the China Post Group had officially started operation. By September 4, all postal businesses at the provincial level have been separated from administrative functions.
Read MoreDHL Malaysia to roll out more Servicepoint outlets
DHL plans to roll out more Servicepoint outlets in key cities in the country over the next three years.
It has invested RM 1.5 million for the first three Servicepoints stores in the Klang Valley.
The Servicepoints represent a major step in DHL’s ambitious retail expansion plans to assist the small and medium-sized enterprises with plans to expand regionally and globally and retail customers who prefer to walk into stores to drop off their shipments, rather than use the home pick-up option.
The company opened its first northern Servicepoint at Jalan Cantonment, Pulau Tikus, on Penang Island last month.
The RM 6 million outlets in Cantonment Road, adds to the six Servicepoint outlets already operating in Menara TM, Menara Axis, Bangsar Baru, SS2 Petaling Jaya, to the RM21 million DHL Klang Valley Service Centre in Glenmarie, as well as to the recently opened kiosk in Central Market, which specifically caters to tourists.
Its core product offerings include Express4U, an easy-to-use and convenient service for sending documents and parcels with flat-rate prices, worldwide and University Express, the fastest, most reliable and secure way to send student applications and excess baggage abroad.
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