Universal Service and Commercial Reform
Universal Service and Commercial Reform – by Dr Ulrich Gygi, CEO of Swiss Post
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Austrian Post Office may cut 300 jobs
Austria’s postal workers’ union is demanding that Osterreichische Post AG, the Austrian post office, refrain from redundancies, amid fears that 300 redundancies could result from the planned closure of around 700 post offices. Regional post office directors have this week sent news of the planned closures to those who will be affected. However, it is said that concrete measures can be taken only in agreement with representatives of municipalities.
Read MoreTPG, VNU, Sanoma Uitgevers Sign Distribution Deal [Press Release]
In a joint press release issued today, VNU, Sanoma Uitgevers and TPG will form a strategic alliance in e-distribution; TPG intends to acquire VNU Directview, a business-to-business direct marketing company, from VNU; and Sanoma Uitgevers and VNU will conclude a long-term contract for magazine delivery by TPG. “Sanoma Uitgevers, formerly VNU Magazines, The Netherlands, and TPG, today announced their intention to join forces in the field of electronic mail delivery in The Netherlands. TPG will acquire the business-to-business direct marketing company, VNU Directview, from VNU. In addition, Sanoma Uitgevers and VNU will gradually out-source the delivery of their magazines to TPG.” (Source: TPG, VNU, Sanoma Uitgevers)
Read MoreAir Freightnrussian Express delivery firms see 25% annual growth
Shipping and ports sector report greater growth rate. AFTER a year of crisis, followed by a year of stagnation, the Russian market for express delivery of documents and packages is now expanding by almost 25% per annum.
Read MoreTransformational Change
“Commercial Challenges – Cultural Changes,” by John Roberts, Chief Executive, Consignia, is a presentation from Post-Expo 2001 in Geneva. “Whether we like it or not, many Posts are now big business. Businesses with a social role of some kind, inherent in the Universal Service Obligation and uniform prices, but still big businesses. As such, they will face the commercial challenges of any big businesses and doubtless the responses will be similar, too. Many Governments, and customers, expect their Post to be more efficient, more productive, more responsive to their needs. The message to all of us who work in them has to be that monopoly is being replaced with customer choice. And the cultural challenge is to convince everyone involved that there is no more important task than retaining those customers,” Roberts says.
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