Royal Mail Group yesterday accused Postcomm of giving an unfair advantage to its foreign competitors after the postal regulator published the terms and conditions for its new long-term licences. The standard permits, to be introduced from January in place of the 12-month interim permits, will allow rival operators to approach any company to deliver mail within the licensed area.
Read MoreDeutsche Post has announced it will close 1,000 of its 13,000 post office branches and remove thousands of mailboxes from around the country. The new program is supposed to save EUR1.3 billion and comes in response to them being ordered by the European Commission to repay EUR572 million in illegal subsidies. Interest on the sum, payable to the German government, raises the total to EUR850 million. The subsidies took the form of stamp prices that, according to Germany’s postal regulator, exceeded the theoretical market-bearing price. DP was found guilty of using these monopoly profits to expand its logistics business. In addition to the EU fine, DP was forced to lower its average rates for letters and packages up to 1,000 grams (2.2 pounds) by 4 percent. DP, whose stated goal is to be one of the world’s largest logistics companies, announced that it was bundling all of its logistics and express delivery activities under its subsidiary DHL of which it owns 75 percent.
Read MoreThe postal service will shortly become Deutsche Post’s distribution centre of mail for all of Latin America, including Mexico, according to Gustavo Osta, vice president of the postal service. This project is of vital importance to the company in two respects: firstly, it will process a volume of mail greater than that which is processed in Uruguay, about 30 million pieces a year, and it will also position the company in the international markets, since it will be teamed up with the second largest global firm in this sector. (translation from original)
Read MoreDeutsche Post, the German postal service operator, has announced the sale of Evita, the shopping website it launched three and a half years ago, to Lycos Europe, the internet portal. The postal group said that the business no longer fitted in to its business model. Evita usually attracts around 4.2 million visitors per month.
Lycos Europe achieved turnover of 30m euros in the second quarter of the year, with advertisements and e-commerce, but posted a loss in Ebitda of 22.4m euros.
Read MoreDeutsche Post Global Mail, the reliable international mail services provider, today announced results of a random survey of businesses that send mail internationally conducted at the annual DMA Conference. Survey respondents identified Europe and Latin America as the regions they are most interested in reaching with business mail. The 85th annual event, hosted by the Direct Marketing Association, was held in San Francisco from October 19-22.
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