Deutsche Post AG confirmed a press report that it will open up to 300 small branches in the rural areas of Germany from September this year onwards. With the move, Deutsche Post wants to test to what extent it can offer financially viable basic postal services even after it loses its stamp monopoly in late 2007, a spokesman for the company said, confirming an earlier report in Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.
Read MoreFor the letters division of Britain’s Royal Mail, protecting staff is a daily business continuity issue. It is not the everyday danger for delivery workers of aggressive dogs, mailbag snatchers and abusive householders that most threatens the functioning of the business, though these are taken very seriously by the company’s security officers. Rather, it is what Alan Staniforth, head of risk management and business continuity manager in the division, calls “white powder” incidents.
Read MorePanasonic is the high-profile launch customer for Integrated Logistics Solutions (ILS), a new operation set up by the Business Post group.
Although Panasonic has its own national distribution centre and in-house logistics arm for delivery to retailers, it also uses third parties, for example to handle smaller and palletised consignments that do not suit its dedicated vehicle fleet.
The number of prepaid credit cards, issued by Italy’s state-owned postal services company Poste Italiane, has reached 1.2 million, the company CEO, Massimo Sarmi, said on June 27, 2005. The one millionth Poste Italiane Postepay card was handed to its owner at a special ceremony in March 2005. Between 60 pct and 70 pct of the Postepay card users are young people, Sarmi said.
Read MoreCome September 2005, Deutsche Post will be testing a new retail outlet format at some 300 locations. Working together with retail partners, the Company will set up outlets carrying a streamlined basic postal product line. In doing so, Deutsche Post is putting a sales format to the test which, with an eye to the exclusive license set to expire at the end of 2007, should be financially viable and at the same time adapted to significantly changed customer behavior. If Deutsche Post customers respond favorably, the intention is to extend the pilot project starting in the spring of 2006. Basic services such as postage stamps, parcel-post stamps and Packsets will be offered, but not special services with low demand (e.g. COD, issuing warehoused items) and banking transactions.
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