Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Chinese courier tycoons preparing for competition

Posted by | Sep 2, 2003 | |

The Chinese express market will be eventful in the forthcoming September. With penetration of foreign-funded courier service tycoons into Chinese courier market and the opening of Chinese courier market to foreign-funded and private companies in 2005, China Railway Express Service (CRE), Zhai Ji Song Courier, and Postal EMS have launched their new services in succession to strengthen and take more market shares.

These actions taken by Chinese courier companies indicate a new round of competition is just around the corner.

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DHL announce organizational changes in US

Posted by | Sep 2, 2003 | |

DHL today announced organizational changes that represent a key step toward building a more efficient and competitive infrastructure for its U.S. operations following the close of the company’s acquisition of Airborne. Effective immediately, pick up and delivery services previously handled by 169 of DHL’s nationwide service centers will be transitioned to couriers currently servicing the Airborne delivery network.

Impacted DHL employees will continue to be paid and receive benefits through October 31, 2003, and will receive severance packages based on years of service.

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USPS Rule Change to Lower Postage for For-Profit Fundraisers

Posted by | Sep 2, 2003 | |

A prospective change in postal regulations soon could open the door to mail solicitations that enrich commercial fundraisers operating under the guise of raising money for charitable groups, nonprofit advocates said last week.

The U.S. Postal Service is expected to publish in the Federal Register this week changes to the cooperative mailing rule, which governs the use of less expensive postal rates for fundraising appeals by nonprofits.

A new exemption would remove the ban on the use of preferred mailing rates by partnerships between nonprofit organizations and for-profit businesses such as direct mailers. The ban was intended to ensure that only nonprofits benefited from the cheaper postal rates, which can shave as much as a dime off the cost of each piece of mail.

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Swaddles appoints Beck & Call for home delivery service

Posted by | Sep 1, 2003 | |

Swaddles Organic, the popular online organic butchers and grocery suppliers, has appointed Beck & Call, London’s multi-award winning, niche home delivery company, to provide its customers living in the capital with a personalised home delivery service – delivery of its fabulous organic meats and other grocery produce within two hour slots between 12noon & 9.00pm, three days a week. This will be the first time Swaddles customers living in London will be able to have their organic produce delivered direct to their door at a time of their choosing.

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Beck & Call

Posted by | Sep 1, 2003 | |

You’ve seen the eye-catching green vans around town and heard your friends talk of their fabulous home delivery service, but are you one of the few Londoners who has still to use Beck & Call, one of London’s best-kept secrets?

Beck & Call is an absolute must for those busy consumers who shop by mail order or on the Internet. The company provides a simple, yet invaluable, service – delivery of packages to consumers’ homes within one hour windows of the customer’s choice, from 7am-11pm, seven days a week. With many national parcel carriers unable to commit to delivery times, much to the frustration of consumers shopping from home, Beck & Call provides its customers with a straightforward service which, to date, is proving extremely popular.

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