Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

Harry Potter gets special delivery

Posted by | Jul 20, 2007 | |

In postal delivery centers all around the world, hundreds of small parcels marked “not to be delivered before 21 July” are being heavily guarded. The content of each package is the same: the latest novel recounting the adventures of Harry Potter.

On 21 July 2007, millions of copies of the seventh and final Harry Potter novel will go on sale in bookshops and other outlets. And for those who have already placed their order by mail, phone or Internet, it is often the postman who will deliver this long-awaited book.

In the United States, for example, USPS delivered 1.8 million books on Saturday, while in the United Kingdom Royal Mail delivered 600,000 copies; in other words, by the British operator’s reckoning, one UK household in 43 will receive the book by post. Canada Post distributed 80 000 copies. Swiss Post and France’s La Poste made also special deliveries on 21 July. Operators are pulling out all the stops to ensure that the millions of books were delivered on time.

From 2004 to 2005, the global number of ordinary parcels sent domestically and internationally rose by 11 pct, for a total of 6 billion parcels delivered annually representing 16 millions per day. It’s unusual for so many identical articles to be delivered within such a short space of time, and some postal operators have looked for innovative delivery solutions. For example, Deutsche Post, the German operator, and Swiss Post delivered the book to impatient readers shortly after midnight in 2005 (and also in 2003 in Germany).

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Refused orders: US Department of Commerce E-Retail

Posted by | Jul 20, 2007 | |

1 Ecommerce orders (Cybersource 06/2004) Among medium and large online merchants, 41% do not accept overseas orders, with the biggest obstacle being fear of fraud. Fraud rates on overseas orders are four times the level of North American orders. Cybersource 06/2004 (Include small traders and this rises VERY fast above 50%)

2 Logistics in place (Accenture 2005)
Only slightly more than half of companies have logistics partnerships in place that deliver a global footprint…

3 Revenue earnings (Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations 2002) U.S. companies are not as global as the global sample of firms. For instance, global sample firms earn 12% of total sales from abroad, compared to 5% for U.S. firms,: In the same global survey (300 companies in US, 200 per other 9 countries surveyed) 9% of online US firms said international sales increased V 19% of the non US online companies.

Sorry it is late but you might pass it on to the people who argued with you as a follow up.

I would also have to say that in E-REVENUE terms the companies that do take orders online are big earners and represent a very big proportion of overall Ecommerce revenues. However international revenues remains small EXCEPT for highly export oriented or digital product suppliers.

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Bulgarian Postal Services Market At 84.7 Mln Euro in 2006

Posted by | Jul 19, 2007 | |

The Bulgarian postal services market was estimated at about 166 mln Bulgarian levs (USD 117.1 mln/84.7 mln euro) in 2006, the annual report of the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) showed on July 18, 2007.

No comparative figures were available.

Express delivery services and parcel shipments accounted for 67 pct of the market.

The revenue of the deliveries segment jumped by 87 pct in annual terms last year. As many as 45 couriers operated on the market at the end of 2006. The strong competition in the deliveries segment had a negative impact on the share of state-owned Bulgarian Posts, which shrank to 36 pct in 2006 from 50 pct in 2004 and 42 pct in 2005.

According to experts, the new couriers registered higher revenues due to the better quality of their services, investments in new technologies and lower expenses on networks development.

Yet, Bulgarian Posts was the sole player that offered integrated postal services in 2006. It had four rivals on the local market in the field of money transfers — Finance Engineering, Faktor I.N., Easypay and Cash Express Service.

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Toll unveils its new fully integrated air freight network

Posted by | Jul 19, 2007 | |

Toll Group, the Asian logistics provider, today unveiled its domestic fully integrated air freight strategy designed to better service users of air freight throughout the country.

Toll Group Managing Director Mr Paul Little said, “We now have the capability to provide efficient
and competitive air line-haul services to support the growth in the air express market, and we
expect the business to grow strongly.”

The launching of the new dedicated air fleet of three Boeing 737-300F and two ATR42, together with Toll’s current 50 charter aircraft provides a key platform for freighter services.

The Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services, The Hon Mark Vaile MP, officially unveiled the planes at Brisbane airport before an audience of key government, business and industry dignitaries.

In addition, Toll and Virgin Blue have agreed to enter into a long term arrangement for the provision of freight capacity of Virgin Blue fleet.

Mr Little said, “This agreement enables Toll to secure important belly space capacity and operational management throughout the Virgin Blue network, whilst providing Virgin Blue with a strong revenue stream anticipated to grow rapidly.

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