Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Delivery services used by online shippers in US

Posted by | Dec 16, 2003 | |

The latest data from Forrester research, conducted in a poll of 12,000 online buyers earlier this year, showed UPS still has a commanding lead with online buyers, with 57 percent of online buyers overall followed by USPS with 23 percent of online shoppers and FedEx a distant third with only 7 percent.

Breaking it down further, 57 percent of men and 53 percent of women report primarily using UPS. BizRate.com’s research shows that men are less concerned with the lowest price and more concerned with the on-time delivery of packages. Some of the difference in delivery service used is also due to differences in the types of goods purchased online by the two genders, said Forrester researcher Chris Kelley. Kelley said different online sites use different delivery options.

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La Poste/De Post is seeking to secure the future of Taxipost

Posted by | Dec 12, 2003 | |

In order to secure the future existence of Taxipost in the competitive Belgian express and parcels market, the management board of the Belgian Post Group has changed the structure of its express arm from a business unit into a subsidiary. With the change of legal status, Taxipost will be in a stronger position to compete with the other privately-owned market players by attracting potential private partners. In addition, this will increase the transparency in terms of potential cross-subsidisation. This decision was taken following the approval from the EC for the recapitalisation of La Poste/De Post.

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Bid for UK based Hays mail and parcel unit

Posted by | Dec 11, 2003 | |

A bid of more than $500 million for the mail and parcel delivery unit of British-based Hays group could signal another round of consolidation for the European express market. The former managing director of Hays’s express and mail unit, Neil Tregarthen, is understood to have made an offer valued at up to £300 million ($525 million), or $85 million higher than analysts’ valuation.

The mail and express division is expected to attract wide interest as it is one of the few private delivery companies with regulatory approval to deliver business mail and offer other specialist services such as premium delivery and mail tracking in competition with the Britain’s postal service. Germany’s Deutsche Post World Net, and TPG of the Netherlands have been mentioned as possible bidders.

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DHL in bid to double Belgian night flights

Posted by | Dec 11, 2003 | |

Freight and courier service DHL wants to expand its activities at Zaventem airport, with a doubling in the volume of night flights and the creation of 1,000 jobs.

But due to the recent passing of strict night flight limitations by the Belgian government, the Deutche Post-owned company has asked that a choice be made between new jobs and investment in the economy, and noise pollution.

The company is awaiting the government’s go-ahead, stressing that night flights are vital to their survival – but they have no plans to move from their Brussels hub should the government’s decision prove to be negative.

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Hong Kong business awards announced

Posted by | Dec 11, 2003 | |

Winners of Hong Kong Business Awards 2003, co-organized by DHL International (Hong Kong) Limited and South China Morning Post, were announced Thursday.

Four individual winners of the Business Awards include: David Eldon, chairman of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, got the Business Person of the Year 2003 award; David Turnbull, chief executive of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, was named as the winner of the Executive Award; Raymond Tan, executive vice president of Luen Thai International Group Ltd, won the Owner- Operator Award; and Richard Tsang, managing director of the Strategic Financial Relations Limited, won the Young Entrepreneur Award.

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