Tag: Europe

Deutsche Post denies giving analysts profit warning

Posted by | May 3, 2005 | |

Deutsche Post World Net AG said it has not warned analysts of a lower profit at is mail unit than the year earlier, denying earlier press reports.’The press reports give the impression that we gave figures to a small circle (of analysts). We strongly deny this,’ a Deutsche Post spokesman said. The report, which appeared in the Financial Times Deutschland today, cited analysts as saying they had received a profit warning from Deutsche Post which stated that the group’s mail division’s operating profit has declined by around 100 mln eur in the first quarter from 749 mln one year before. The spokesman said that at the time when the company supposedly had given these unpublished figures to analysts, the results were not even ready.

Read More

SPECIAL REPORT – FULFILMENT: Receiving end

Posted by | Apr 29, 2005 | |

The tenet that the customer is always right does not seem to have permeated the home delivery sphere, with many packages turning up at unspecified, inconvenient times. But with new entrants raising standards, the old school may be forced to mend its ways.

Home shopping may be big business, but it is no longer the sole domain of big businesses, with everyone from Amazon to the local corner shop now offering an online or catalogue shopping experience. But while the rest of the retail world has been moving speedily towards home shopping solutions, it would seem that most delivery companies have been standing still.

Home shopping exists to cater for consumers who are too busy to visit the high street, so it should come as no surprise that they may not be able to wait at home all day to receive a package.

Read More

Courier grows with networks

Posted by | Apr 28, 2005 | |

Courier Logistics says offering a full complement of express services through the APC parcel and Pallet-Track networks has helped it increase its annual turnover by 43% from £2.8m to £4m. Managing Director Paul Johnson says: ‘We are finding it easier now we are selling the complete service, parcels and pallets, and that APC customers are now using the Pallet-Track service. We are now able to compete with the likes of TNT.’

Read More

Pallet-Track set to launch sales forum

Posted by | Apr 28, 2005 | |

Pallet-Track is aiming to increase sales by 20% with the launch of sales forums for its members. The network has invested £30,000 in the initiative which will be headed up by sales and marketing director Andrew Spencer and also by a specialist consultant.

Read More

UK Royal Mail attacks vote ‘opportunism’

Posted by | Apr 26, 2005 | |

Royal Mail yesterday described its watchdog as ‘scaremongering’ and ‘opportunistic’ after Postwatch complained that the organisation was not reinstating collection tabs on postboxes. The tabs, which show when the next collection will be, were removed in 2002. Royal Mail has pledged to reinstate them, where practical, but Postwatch said yesterday it had not been done in many cases and that it may cause difficulties for postal voters in the upcoming election. A spokesman for Royal Mail said it had only promised to reinstate tabs where it was practical and that some postboxes would need to be replaced entirely before tabs were fitted. He also attacked Postwatch’s timing as “opportunistic”.

Read More

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

P&P Poll

Loading

What's the future of the postal USO?

Thank you for voting
You have already voted on this poll!
Please select an option!



View ResultsHide Results

Post & Parcel Magazine


Post & Parcel Magazine is our print publication, released 3 times a year. Packed with original content and thought-provoking features, Post & Parcel Magazine is a must-read for those who want the inside track on the industry.

Subscribe to the Magazine

 

Pin It on Pinterest