Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

FedEx big day could be record

Posted by | Oct 27, 2005 | |

FedEx expects its busiest day in company history will be Dec. 12 when an anticipated avalanche of 8.5 million packages – 400,000 more than last year’s busiest day – will be headed to doorsteps around the world through FedEx Express and FedEx Ground. FedEx typically handles 6 million packages a day.

“Economic growth continues on a healthy and sustainable pace with recent indicators suggesting that the holiday season will be solid,” said FedEx economist Gene Huang. “Improving trends in merchandise sales, business orders, the services sector and employment in the United States remain in place, and this bodes well for holiday sales.”

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DHL Mexico to invest USD100 mln in five years

Posted by | Oct 27, 2005 | |

DHL Mexico a unit of German postal services group Deutsche Post AG, plans to invest some USD100 mln (82.4 mln euro) in the forthcoming five years, to strengthen its technology platform and customer care, under its expansion policy, the company’s director general Leticia Navarro said on October 26, 2005. DHL Mexico currently holds some 22 pct market share. The company will invest USD25 mln (20.6 mln euro) in 2005 to maintain its growth in the country, Navarro noted.

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LEGO Group outsources logistics to DHL

Posted by | Oct 27, 2005 | |

The LEGO Group will centralize its European distribution center (EDC) in Prague, Czech Republic, and outsource its European operation to DHL Solutions. DHL will open and begin operating its new and customized logistics center in early 2006. Following an analysis of its structure, the LEGO Group announced that it plans to discontinue its five distribution facilities in Flensburg and Hohenwestedt (Germany), Billund (Denmark), Lyon and Dunkerque (France) and to concentrate its European distribution operation in Jirny, 10 km east of Prague.
The new European distribution center will handle distribution to LEGO customers in Europe and to LEGO distribution centers throughout the world (except North America).

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UK Rentokil Initial’s parcels business plans to cease franchising

Posted by | Oct 26, 2005 | |

Rentokil Initial has today announced that its parcels delivery business Initial
City Link will, over a period of time, cease to operate on a franchised basis.
This is another important step forward in Rentokil Initial’s development. The
change will return full control of Initial City Link to the Company and should
deliver better returns for our shareholders while maintaining or improving
service to Initial City Link’s customers. Franchisees, who collectively have an
estimated annual profit of GBP5 million, will be offered a fair price for their
businesses and will be given plenty of time to plan the transition. The franchise model used by Initial City Link has been in place since the early
1990’s largely unchanged and the franchisees have played an important part in
its growth. However, thanks to recent investment in franchisor sales and
marketing and a renewed focus on personnel, better growth is being experienced
in Initial City Link’s controlled and operated branches than in those of the
franchisees.

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DHL sees strong growth in China despite increased competition

Posted by | Oct 25, 2005 | |

Deutsche Post AG’s DHL unit still expects to grow sharply in China despite increased competition from rivals such as United Parcel Service, chief executive Klaus Zumwinkel told WirtschaftsWoche. In an interview to appear in Thursday’s annual China edition, Zumwinkel said 300 Chinese cities are now part of DHL’s delivery network. ‘None of our competitors can offer such a broad range of products and services across this wide geographic area,’ Zumwinkel said in the interview. ‘DHL is the market leader in China by a wide margin. It will not be easy to catch us.’

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