Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Grocery websites drive UK online sales growth

Posted by | Apr 1, 2008 | |

Sophisticated web offerings from the UK’s grocery retailers are driving the growth of internet retailing in this country, making it the fastest growing online market in Europe, according to a new report from Mintel.

The report found UK online sales were worth euro 18.5bn (GBP 12.8bn) last year, compared with just euro 13bn in Germany, the next largest market.

And the UK was also the fastest growing market with sales up by 75% since 2005.

“The UK has by far and away the most developed online market in Europe,” said Richard Perks, director of retail research at Mintel.

“The main reason for this is the sophisticated online offering of the UK’s food retailers and the fact that so many of us now more than happy to turn to the internet to do our weekly shop.”

Tesco is the largest online food retailer in Europe, says Mintel, with www.tesco.com more than twice the size of its nearest rival (www.ooshop.fr) run by Carrefour.

Meanwhile, the latest figures from IMRG Capgemini showed a record GBP 4.3bn was spent online during February 2008.

Beers, wines and spirits saw a rise of 38%, perhaps in anticipation of the higher alcohol taxes announced in March’s Budget.

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Merger between Posten and Post Danmark

Posted by | Apr 1, 2008 | |

The Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy & Communications, The Danish Ministry of Transport and CVC Capital Partners (“CVC”) have signed a letter of intent regarding a merger between Posten AB (“Posten”) and Post Danmark A/S (“Post Danmark”). The companies’ rationale is to meet the markets increasing challenges through an increased competitiveness of a merged company. This merger will also secure the possibility to maintain a first class mail and parcel business in both countries continuing to reach all enterprise customers and households.
The agreement entails a merger between both companies into a combined company which will be jointly owned by the Swedish state, the Danish state, CVC and the employees. The merged company will have annual revenue of approximately SEK 45 billion and include over 50,000 employees.

Fritz H. Schur., currently Chairman of Post Danmark, will be appointed Chairman. Erik Olsson, currently the CEO of Posten, will assume the position as CEO of the merged company. The parent company will be Swedish and the headquarters will be located in Stockholm. The Swedish state together with the employees of Posten will own 60 percent of the merged company and the Danish state together with the employees of Post Danmark and CVC will own 40 percent. As part of the agreement, Posten will distribute an extraordinary dividend of SEK 1,400 million to the Swedish state. In all other respects, the influence of the owners is balanced in such a way that the Swedish state will have equal voting rights as the Danish state and CVC together.

The merged company will be organised along specialised business divisions, in a similar way as Posten has been organised since January 1, 2007. The traditional postal business in each respective country will be operated as national entities adhering to national regulations and using the same brands as today (“Posten” and “Post Danmark”). The logistics businesses will be joined under one division and under an own brand. The information logistics and graphical business will be joined under the Strålfors brand in the merged company. Beyond the four main businesses, the company will comprise group functions and one unit for shared services. Post Danmark’s 25% ownership in De Post – La Poste (Belgium) will also be part of the merged company.

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Net Holding & TNT enter into associate partnership in Lebanon

Posted by | Apr 1, 2008 | |

The partnership and extension of the MERN fit in TNT’s strategy to be the No. 1 integrator in the intra-regional and intercontinental express flows. The combination of Net Holding’s 15 years experience in the Lebanese market, its entrepreneurial and innovative spirit and TNT’s complete suit of services make this a very promising partnership.

Jinendra Sancheti, TNT’s Regional Managing Director for the Middle East and Africa says: ‘We find Net Holding our perfect partner in terms of both business practice and culture. We certainly believe Lebanon is a worthwhile and positive investment and is well placed with our plans of becoming No 1 in the regional and emerging markets.’

Through this partnership TNT now offers the widest choice in standard morning delivery services to business in Lebanon, 9:00 Express, 12:00 Express, Global Express, Economy Express, Receiver Pays, Air freight services and Road Haulage. TNT’s MERN is one of the most extensive road delivery networks in the Middle East. Customers of TNT can now benefit from the fastest daily, time definite by road door to door customs cleared express delivery transit times in the Middle East.

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E-BOX is condemned for damaging La Poste and counterfeit

Posted by | Mar 31, 2008 | |

La Poste initiated a legal action against E-Box on 6 June 2006 and requested the cancellation of trade marks arguing the similarity to La Poste brands and claiming it could create confusion to the consumers. La Poste also requested EUR 215,000 for compensation.

In response, E-BOX replied claiming that La Poste has unfair competition and abuse of dominant position for the realization of the self service project 24/7 proposed by EBOX from 2001 to 2004 (in partnership with La Poste). E-BOX also requested EUR 2 million for compensation.

The brands subject to the legal actions were presented to the pertinent French authorities after the promulgation of the postal law in May 2005 which created the ARCEP organization (French postal regulator).

E-BOX considers that the simultaneity of the action forces in justice against E-BOX and the launch of CITYSSIMO (www.cityssimo.fr) in 2006 (automatic delivery of parcels of La Poste) is not a coincidence.

On 11 March 2008, after 2 years of legal procedures, the Court of Justice issued its decision (This sentence is provisional since one of the parts can still appeal):

The tribunal:

– Condemns E-BOX for counterfeiting by imitation of the following brands: ’agence postale rapide ebox’’, agence postale jaune’’, agence postale orange’’,’’agence postale erte’’, ‘’point poste jaune’’, ‘’point poste orange’’, and ‘’point poste vert’’. E-BOX must pay to La Poste EUR 20,500.

– Declares inadmissible the counterclaim of EBOX against La Poste

In revenge the tribunal:

– Don’t approve the nullity of the ’agence postale rapide e-box’’ brand
– Declares the validity of the following E-BOX brands: ‘’post ebox’’, “e-box, l’ autre poste’’, et ‘’e-box, une autre idée de la poste’’.

E-BOX is not going to appeal to this sentence due to the lack of financial resources.

In 2006, E-BOX in a context of opening to the competition of the postal markets, several times nominated to “World Mail Awards” for IT innovation, nourished a legitimate ambition of development of its concept of fast station and self-service service 24/7.

After 2 years of legal process, E-BOX:

– Stopped the exploitation of the first point French automated parcel on October 30, 2007
– Proposes the dismissal of the full time employees
– Presents negative Capital stocks at the end of 2007 in spite of a strong capitalization (EUR 1.680.000).

E-BOX will call to a General Meeting at the end of April 2008 to discuss the possibility to declare the company in bankruptcy.

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TNT drives to top of Britain's best employers list

Posted by | Mar 31, 2008 | |

TNT, which employs 1,800 people in the county and has its UK headquarters in Atherstone, features in a line up of the finest employers in the land in a new book that highlights best practice in human resources management.

The book, entitled ‘Britain’s Top Employers 2008’, published last week, follows months of assessments by global independent research experts the Corporate Research Foundation (CRF).

TNT ranks alongside some of the leading brands in Britain’s business world including household names such as Cadbury Schweppes, Innocent, Asda and the John Lewis Partnership.

Not only did TNT feature in the list of more than 70 top UK companies, it also received a special award from CRF for Sustained HR Excellence.

The Corporate Research Foundation’s judging panel rated each company on nine defined categories: Pay and benefits; Career development; Leadership; Company culture and style; Knowledge management; Employee Relations; Recruitment strategies; Diversity; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

Following the rigorous assessment from the researchers, marks were awarded in each category and TNT’s performance was particularly strong in the areas of career development, employee relations and CSR.

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