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DPD opens parcel shops at Staples stores

Posted by | Nov 7, 2007 | |

DPD has opened parcel shops at 56 stores of the office supply chain Staples in Germany to further develop its B2C business and broaden its product portfolio. Staples previously cooperated with GLS.

Staples expects to enhance its product portfolio with the new parcel shops, the DVZ transport newspaper reported. Managing director Sönke Feuerherm said Staples could offer customers nationwide parcel deliveries at attractive prices. The price is based on the box size rather than on weight.

“The Staples stores provide first-class locations, good service quality and high customer orientation”, DPD CEO Hans Fluri was cited as saying. The parcel company expected to increase its competitiveness with the new cooperation.

According to the DVZ, DPD agreed a deal with Staples for lower prices than had previously been the case with GLS.

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DPD Polska new investment in Poznan

Posted by | Oct 18, 2007 | |

The opening of a new depot in Poznan is one of the company’s biggest investments planned for 2007.

The depot in Poznan is going to be part of the new operational structure, which assumes the functioning of a couple hubs, located in different regions in the country. The network of the biggest sorting centers will be established in the following cities: Gdansk, Warsaw, Katowice, Ùodz and Poznan.

The surface area of the new depot is going to be double the size of the current warehouse and will equal 6400 m². The need for bigger operational space is connected with the new sorting role of the depot for the North-West region of Poland, as well as with the growing number of parcels in this part of the country. City Poznan takes second place in DPD Polska domestic network as far as number of parcels is concerned 9,5 thousand daily.
The new depot will be located near big domestic transport routes, which allow easy access to the hub from all directions in Poland.

The cost of equipment will account for 800 thousand EURO, what includes 300 thousand EURO dedicated for an automatic conveyor belt. The depot will dispose of 13 ramps and 40 courier gates. Currently the depot in Poznan employs around 180 workers. However, along with the depots development, the company will increase number of staff.

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Russian parcels firm Armadillo re-brands to DPD

Posted by | Sep 11, 2007 | |

Russian parcels firm Armadillo, a GeoPost subsidiary, is re-branding to DPD to benefit from the strong international name. The move follows similar re-branding of GeoPost subsidiaries in Poland, the Baltic States and Benelux.

The previous product name Bizpak for the domestic parcel service is being phased out in favor of DPD, the main brand of the GeoPost group, DPD announced in a statement. The re-branding, which should be completed by the end of this year, is being carried out in a phased program covering depots, staff uniforms and the vehicle fleet, with delivery vans bearing a “Bizpak is now DPD” slogan.

The re-branding is designed to benefit from the high international reputation of the DPD brand with values such as reliability, efficiency and customer friendliness.

The parcels company already launched parcel services for Russian exports to Europe using the DPD brand last autumn. The “DPD Classic” service offers door-to-door deliveries of documents and goods up to 31.5kg to countries throughout Europe, with transit times of 2-5 days.

In 2006, the Armadillo Group, a joint venture between GeoPost and Turkey’s Yurtici Kargo, increased revenues by 51 pct to 1.5 billion roubles (EUR 44.2 million). It delivered over 2.8 million parcels for 11,500 customers across Russia, and shipped volumes with a combined total weight of 70,000 tons. The group opened six new branches to extend its network to 22 locations in Russia.

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Posten Logistik acquires logistics company in Finland

Posted by | Sep 4, 2007 | |

The newly-acquired Finnish logistics company works in third-party logistics, and its customers deal in fast-moving consumer goods and spare parts. The new acquisition will make Posten Logistik one of the leading players within transport services and warehousing in Finland.

“Through the acquisition of Suomen Logistiikkatalo, we can offer a powerful alternative within third-party logistics and warehousing in the Finnish market,” says Henrik Höjsgaard, CEO of Posten Logistik. “It also means that we will strengthen our Nordic presence even further.”

More and more parcels and pallets are being sent internationally, and more and more companies require flexible, cross-border, cost-effective turnkey solutions. Through a strong presence in Finland, Posten Logistik is able to offer an expanded service and provide Nordic businesses with an excellent alternative in the Finnish market.

The acquisition of Suomen Logistiikkatalo in Finland strengthens Posten Logistik’s position within the Nordic region, and creates new opportunities for flows between the Nordic and Baltic regions and Russia. Posten’s Finnish operations are currently run through the subsidiaries DPD, HIT Finland and Sal-Trans.

Through its subsidiaries and the franchise network DPD, Posten Logistik already offers parcel, pallet and express services throughout the Nordic region. In 2007, Sweden’s Posten also set up a delivery network in Norway under the MyPack brand. The new delivery network gives Posten Logistik a new, powerful way of delivering parcels to Norwegian consumers.

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DPD Polska introduces – DPD Consumer Premium

Posted by | Jun 21, 2007 | |

First on the market product, which considers the business customers as well as individual recipients needs in the B2C segment, especially concerning e-commerce.

Development of e-business, growing customer needs for a professional logistic service regarding Internet trade as well as expectations of end consumers, have contributed to the creation of a complex product called DPD Consumer Premium.

DPD Polska, aiming at: raising the company’s customers competitiveness; creating a flexible solution considering the B2C market features and improving quality and efficiency of deliveries to individual consumers; introduces the product DPD Consumer Premium. DPD CP grants the possibility of tailoring the offer to the individual needs of the consumer, who himself determines the time and place of delivery. The recipient decides how he wants to be informed about the delivery, chooses from available options, and as a result defines the final price of the service.

The DPD Consumer Premium product links existing services with new available options: COD, return documents, direct delivery, deliveries in time zones 12-15:00, 15-18:00, 18-21:00 for certain postal codes, recipient’s data verification, return parcel and SMS or e-mail information. The product is targeted at companies requiring high quality and efficient deliveries.

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