Tag: Deutsche Post

Deutsche Post faces German parcel rival

Posted by | Feb 14, 2003 | |

Mail order company Hermes Versand, part of German mail order giant Otto Versand, is entering the private parcel delivery market and taking on Deutsche Post. The move comes as Deutsche Post joins forces with rival mail order conglomerate KarstadtQuelle to offer a mail service from within Quelle retail outlets. Quelle is already one of Deutsche Post’s main customers, accounting for 300 million mailing deliveries, and 40 million parcel deliveries a year. By contrast, Hermes Versand has largely served other companies within the Otto group, and business customers. By the end of the month, it expects to open 8,000 branches in Germany.

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Deutsche Post attempts to calm fears over in-shop outlets in Germany

Posted by | Feb 13, 2003 | |

The German postal and telecommunications sector regulator has stated that it is not in a position to intervene in contract negotiations between Deutsche Post, the German national postal service operator, and post office outlets. While the number of Deutsche Post outlets currently stands at 12,800, the regulator has explained that it could not intervene unless the number of outlets were to fall below 12,000. Some retail associations in Germany have accused Deutsche Post of reducing remuneration for its 7,800 counters in outlets such as foodstores, and of closing smaller outlets in its drive to slim down its office network.

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Deutsche Post says 1,000 Quelle shops to offer basic postal services

Posted by | Feb 6, 2003 | |

Deutsche Post World Net AG and mail-order company Quelle have signed an agreement in which about 1,000 Quelle shops will offer basic postal services, however a spokesman said it is too early to say whether this will lead to the closure of 1,000 postal branches.

The spokesman said a pilot project, in which 1,000 Quelle shops will offer postal services, will start in spring 2003 and the results will be known by the summer.

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TPG, Deutsche Post in Hays bid?

Posted by | Jan 30, 2003 | |

The consolidation of Europe’s fragmented logistics sector is gathering pace with reports that Hays, the British business services group, plans to sell its logistics units.

TPG, the global mail and express group headquartered in Amsterdam, today declined to comment on reports that it is interested in the business, but said it is committed to boosting its activities in the United Kingdom. Germany’s Deutsche Post World Net has also been mentioned as a potential bidder along with British rivals Exel and Tibbet & Britten.

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