Tag: Domestic

DHL expanding its operation in Costa Rica

Posted by | Sep 7, 2007 | |

The international shipping company DHL this week announced plans to expand its operation in Costa Rica, creating an additional 500 jobs by February 2008.

DHL Costa Rica general manager Rodrigo Quirós told the daily La República the company has been pleased with the results of the call centers it runs here and has decided to move some of its operations from the United States to Costa Rica.

The company plans to set up another call center and a department to carry out internal administrative work. DHL will be hiring about 500 people to fill these jobs, which require English and customer service skills, Quirós said.

DHL’s decision was influenced by cost factors and Costa Rica’s proven solid labor market, he added.

The company hopes to have this new department and center up and running by February of next year at its offices in La Aurora de Heredia, north of San José.

About 2,200 people work this office, which serves as DHL’s Central American headquarters. The company grew more than 35 pct last year, from 800 employees to almost 1,100.

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Latvian post company now licks stamps for a fee

Posted by | Sep 7, 2007 | |

Latvian state-owned postal company Latvijas Pasts has launched a new paid service of helping customers to prepare their mail, including licking stamps. As of August, post offices in the small Baltic nation have been charging 0.03 lats (5.8 US cents) for gluing stamps to envelopes.

Arranging mail takes additional time and resources, spokeswoman Inese Kreicberga told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

“Postal regulations provide that a client is responsible for preparing a letter to be sent, while the post delivers it,” Kreicberga said.

“To those clients who want postal operators to help them with drawing up a letter, the post can offer such a service for payment,” she said.

Latvijas Pasts has been plagued by financial troubles in recent months. The second least profitable company in the country, Latvijas Pasts lost 4.87 million lats (USD 9.56 million) in 2006, according to a report published earlier this week.

The company has raised rates for money order and faced a threat of employee strike at the end of July.

The government of Latvia is considering converting post offices throughout the country into postal banks, merging postal offices with bank branches in approximately 700 locations in the European Union Baltic country of 2.3 million people.

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Correos’ Burofax online service registers growth during first semester 2007

Posted by | Sep 6, 2007 | |

Correos have sent 54,583 mails and generated sales of EUROS 1,024,397 through their Burofax service during the first 6 months of 2007. This represents a growth of 72.2 pct in delivery and a 73.3 pct growth in sales for the same period in 2006.

Correos launched Burofax in November 2005 and has registered a continuak growth of 4.3% monthly. It is currently the most in demand Correos product available.

Since the launch, Burofax has sent 130,000 mails and generated sales of EUR 2,457.608 with around 6,000 users registered in the website.

Burofax is the online delivery service which records proof of delivery. The main users are financial firms, investment companies, law firms, real estate agencies and mobile operators.

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Mr. Price and TNT Italy sign agreement

Posted by | Sep 6, 2007 | |

Mr.Price, one of the most important online sales website of electronic and electro domestic products in Italy signed an agreement with TNT Italy.

The agreement includes the delivery of the products, installation, in-house test and pick up service of all range of products offered by Mr. price website: refrigerators, laundry machines, TV, etc.

The agreement covers all regions in Italy, including rural areas. The customers can set the date and time of delivery at the moment of purchase.

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DHL inks new contract with Wal-Mart, increases capacity for Hong Kong-Beijing service

Posted by | Sep 6, 2007 | |

Global logistics and express delivery provider DHL said today it has signed a new three year agreement with Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Under the terms of this deal, DHL said in a statement it will provide Wal-Mart with air express and ground shipping throughout the U.S., which will support Wal-Mart’s 4,000 stores.

And this contract almost doubles the volume and revenue generated through the previous contract between the two entities, according to DHL.

DHL also reported it will continue its exclusive specialty product repair and return delivery service for Wal-Mart and will also be responsible for all specialty product transportation for Wal-Mart and Sam’s Clubs stores nationwide.

The statement added that Wal-Mart has added DHL as a primary carrier for its state transportation program for all outbound shipments from assigned states, including transportation between and among Wal-Mart retail stores, distribution centers, suppliers.

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