Tag: Europe

Ceska posta adapts to Czech consumer lifestyle

Posted by | Jul 17, 2006 | |

Czech postal service operator Ceska posta (CP) is in talks with the country’s retail chains on expanding its network of outlets in hypermarkets, the daily Hospodarske noviny reported. But the negotiations won’t be closed any time soon.

“It’s complicated to set up a new outlet because Ceska posta requires a certain amount space for its operation to handle and store packages, for example,” said CP spokesman Ivo Mravinac. The minimum space required, he added, is about 120 square meters.

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Deutsche Post looks to grow on its UK success

Posted by | Jul 17, 2006 | |

The world’s largest logistics group is looking to grow its business with retail customers outside the UK and luxury goods groups, according to its head.

John Allan, the head of Deutsche Post’s logistics division and the former chief executive of Exel, the UK company taken over by the German postal giant, said such opportunities should lead the unit to faster growth than the 5-6 per cent he forecasted for the industry as a whole.

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European postal companies call for complete liberalisation in 2009

Posted by | Jul 17, 2006 | |

Chief Executive Officers of national postal companies in the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland and Germany have started a joint initiative for a complete opening of the postal markets in Europe by 2009. In a policy paper addressed to Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy, CEOs Peter Bakker (TNT), Erik Olsson (Posten AB), Jukka Alho (Finland Post Corporation) and Klaus Zumwinkel (Deutsche Post World Net) plead for a sustainable postal sector in the next decades that should be realised by a complete market liberalisation by 2009 and the modernisation of the universal service.

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Size matters for the mail

Posted by | Jul 16, 2006 | |

Changes to the way people pay for postage will cause utter confusion and lead to longer queues at post offices.

From August 21, letters and packages will be charged according to a complicated combination of size, width and weight.

And consumer groups predict that Royal Mail’s new Pricing in Proportion system will cause a flood of queries to counter staff.

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