Deutsche Post World Net AG’s unit DHL is deepening its tie-up with eBay by launching a pilot project that will allow DHL to pack, store and deliver more products auctioned on the internet.
The pilot project will start by the end of this year, the spokesman said.
Read MoreThe end of October marks the start of a field test for a new DHL Express delivery variant. The target groups are mail recipients rarely at home during the day. With DEPOTSERVICE customers will be able in the future to have their parcels sent to selected Deutsche Post retail outlets instead of to their home address. The recipients are notified via e-mail or SMS once items addressed to them have been received at the retail outlet, and they can then pick up their parcels.
Read MoreEurope’s largest postal service will convert all business operations outside its home market of Germany to the DHL brand, Die Welt reported, without saying where it got the information. The shares climbed 39 cents, or 2.5 percent, to 16.02 euros.
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Deutsche Post Global Mail has hired Neil Chapman as UK domestic sales manager. He will be responsible for building the company’s mail products business, and is to report to sales director Paul Galpin. Previously, Chapman worked on one of the Deutsche Post Star value creation programmes in Brussels. He was responsible for delivering a sales management strategy for the newly integrated salesforce across DHL Express in Europe. Chapman says: “I believe that having an open- minded approach to our customers will further facilitate the creation of innovative solutions and deliver tangible benefits to the market.”
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