Germany’s businesses will soon be able to avoid the trip to the post office-letters, packages and other postal items can be stamped 24/7 using the Internet. ‘StampIT’ requires no special hardware are: all that is needed is some new software, a printer and PC with Internet access.
Read MoreThe European Court of Justice bolstered Deutsche Post’s growing presence on the European express mail delivery market Wednesday by rejecting charges by United Parcel Service of the United States that its purchase of DHL International violated EU fair trade legislation.
Atlanta-based UPS sought to stop the purchase of DHL arguing it gave Deutsche Post a dominant position in the express market.
Deutsche Post is in talks to scoop a major delivery contract from under tile nose of Consignia, the company that runs the Royal Mail.
Officials from the German group are working to seal a long-term con tract with the Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) to deliver up to 700 million magazines a year on behalf of the magazine trade budvs members. The contract is equivalent to about 4 percent of Consignia’s business.
Deutsche Post, the partly privatised German postal authority, said Tuesday it would take legal action against anyone who claims the company wrongly charged some of its customers value-added tax for some of its services, but failed to pass on the VAT to the tax authorities.
In a press conference here, Deutsche Post chairman Klaus Zumwinkel insisted that group made its sale tax payments in line with “current German and European law.”
Competing with the global commercial giants
Finding a place in consolidating industries
Exploiting economies of scale
Increasing revenue from non mail services
Herbert- Michael Zapf, Member Of Divisional Board, Global Mail, Deutsche Post World Net
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