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Read MoreSwiss Kuehne & Nagel To Carry Out UK House of Fraser Home Delivery Services
Swiss logistics company Kuehne & Nagel International AG started to carry out the home delivery services for made-to-order furniture of UK department stores operator House of Fraser as of the beginning of February 2007, Kuehne & Nagel reported on February 8, 2007.
The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Under the terms of the contract, Kuehne & Nagel will be responsible for the warehousing and for some 30,000 deliveries annually to customers across UK and Ireland. House of Fraser will make cost savings through reduced inventory by a closer alignment of order to delivery time and through the support of Kuehne & Nagel’s information technology (IT) and booking processes. The logistics company will integrate House of Fraser business into its furniture distribution
network which is used by other unnamed UK furniture retailers for more than 175,000 deliveries annually.
Kuehne & Nagel (www.kuehne-nagel.com) employs 45,000 at 830 locations in more than 100 countries worldwide. The company provides seafreight, airfreight, contract logistics and overland businesses and IT-based supply chain
management services. Its UK and Ireland organisation operates at 80 locations and employs more than 10,000.
Read MoreHigh postal costs disappoint many
Citizens and residents are complaining about a 300 percent increase in fees for postal services, something that is unaffordable for a huge section of the population. When the new Saudi postal service was launched, many people thought prices would decrease and at the least services would dramatically improve. On the contrary, prices have increased and the quality of service has worsened leaving many people disappointed.
“Fees have now increased not only for companies but also for private individuals. Individuals have to pay SR100, families SR300 and companies between SR1,000 and SR3,000 for renting post boxes. In the past a post box was worth SR100 regardless of who the owner is,” Saad Al-Tukais, a Riyadh resident, told Al-Riyadh newspaper.
Many people complain about the miserable conditions of their post boxes and how insecure they are. “Government offices are now obliging every individual, let alone every company, to have a post box.” said Baleed ibn Ateek, another Riyadh resident.
Ateek said people have to travel long distances to post offices in order to be able to collect their post. “Those boxes are easily and commonly broken into and are totally insecure. The increase in prices is not in line with the way the quality of service is developing. The authorities need to balance prices and improve their services,” he added.
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