DHL France, the French unit of DHL Worldwide Express (DHL), said it has launched an express distribution service for luxury goods retailers and their customers. The new ‘Boutique Express’ includes packaging, advice on customs clearance and transport, DHL France said in a statement.
Read More“Last year we put a spurt on” says Louis Define. President and Director General of the ( efco Group in a wide ranging interview with ITJ Editor-inChief Ursula Schmeling. Turnover is up 32% to EUR 2.3 billion (1999: EU R 1.7 billion), of which ELJR 934 million (1999: EUR 658 million) was attributable to external non-PSA Group customers.”
Read MoreMaersk Logistics aggressive expansion spree continues with the addition of Finland’s Oy Arealog Ltd., a forwarder and customs broker, to its global logistics organisation. (10/15/2001)
Read MoreThe German subsidiary of the TNT Post Group (TPG), TNT Express GmbH, and the courier, express and parcel service provider Overnight Parcel Courier (OPC) founded in Düsseldorf in 1986 terminated their partnership contract by September 30, 2001 «by mutual agreement».
Read MoreYou can’t please all the people all the time. As expected, Consignia’s minority stake of £2 million in Bristol-based mailing house Mail Marketing International has caused mixed reactions.
The investment, claims Royal Mail, is part of an ongoing strategy to protect mail from cheaper, faster options, like email. By stumping up the cash, the delivery giant says it wants to ensure direct mail has a sustainable future. “The problem,” says Geoff Lambert, finance and commercial director at Royal Mail, “is how to make the industry relevant in a digital age. We’re putting our money where our mouth is. We’re willing to change and to share the risk.”
By risk, Lambert means taking time and cost out of the supply chain. Investment in MMI, he predicts, enables both companies to develop new ways of working, with the solutions they find to be shared among the industry.
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