Tag: France

GeoPost buys another Seur franchisee

Posted by | Sep 14, 2006 | |

GeoPost, the La Poste Group express subsidiary, has continued its expansion in Spain with the acquisition of another franchisee of leading express firm Seur.

GeoPost-Seur, the French-Spanish joint venture, bought the franchisee in the Granollers region, near Barcelona, for an undisclosed sum, Spanish media reported citing a company press release. The Granollers company, Osvalma S.A., with about 60 employees, has annual turnover of about euro 20 million.

This is the sixth acquisition of a Seur franchisee and leaves GeoPost-Seur, in which GeoPost holds 60%, with an unchanged stake of 18.68% in the overall Seur Group. Most of the other Seur franchisees comprise the remaining group’s shareholders but Osvalma did not own any Seur shares.

Seur, with turnover of euro 574 million in 2005, is one of the leading express companies in Spain, which is one of the five largest CEP markets in Europe and is growing at a strong single-digit rate, according to CEP-Research information.

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Express logistics in France

Posted by | Sep 1, 2006 | |

Market Value
The Belgian express logistics market grew by 4.6% in 2004 to reach a value of
$1,104.4 million.
Market Value Forecast
In 2009, the market is forecast to have a value of $1,390.6 million, an increase of
25.9% since 2004.
Market Segmentation I
Next day delivery services are the most lucrative in the market, generating 47.9% of
the market’s overall value.
Market Segmentation II
Belgium accounts for 2.5% of the European express logistics market’s value.

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ePOSTIT Celebrates the First Anniversary of its Unique Global Mailing Concept

Posted by | Aug 9, 2006 | |

US-based global leader in Email to Postal address delivery services, ePOSTIT, celebrates the first anniversary of their FREE service. ePOSTIT entered the market last year with their new unique Free mailing concept which connects the virtual PC world to the real postal address world. It growth since their initial introduction has exploded. ePOSTIT delivers thousands of mails per month to clients all over the world.

Lisa Chang, Director & Co-Partner, expressed that a celebration is definitely in order. “By the end of our first year, ePOSTIT has established itself as company with an effective mailing concept to the common person. Our strong numbers in the growth of our service users is a testament to how ePOSTIT is filling a growing need as our world becomes more connected. It is exhilarating to be part of these developments from the ground-up and especially gratifying to watch the company grow and evolve. Our success is driven by our Founder’s vision and passion to provide the best experience to our service users coupled with a well managed growth plan.”

“Following in the footsteps of our Free service, Our Premium Specialized Bulk & Business Printing Service is growing in popularity and use. ePOSTIT has processed more than 12,000 Photos & nearly 4200 Messages alone in the first 10 months of our Free service. In addition, ePOSTIT is now providing free Public Safety Ads to create public awareness regarding Cancer & Cigarette smoking.”

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La Poste puts up French stamp prices from October

Posted by | Aug 1, 2006 | |

La Poste, the French national postal operator, has announced a stamp price rise of one euro cent for standard domestic letters with effect from October 1, 2006. It is also increasing corporate rates but offering more discounts for large volumes.
The price rise means that French consumers will be paying euro0.54 for a standard letter weighing up to 20 grams. La Poste said that the new domestic price was “the exact average” of European postal rates for domestic letters yet it had to provide a wider universal service than its European competitors with higher collection and distribution costs due to the size and low population density of France. The increase would have a minimal impact on French household costs with less than euro2 per year.

Postal rates for French businesses will rise in two stages. From October 1, smaller customers will pay higher prices but also be able to take advantage of a new volume-based offer with preferential tariffs. At the start of 2007, business with large mail volumes will face a 2.6% rise in prices. La Poste said that this was the first price hike since January 2003 and was well below the 6.5% increase in general prices since then.

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TNT Express launches consumer parcel service in France

Posted by | Aug 1, 2006 | |

TNT Express has launched a consumer parcel delivery service in France designed to profit from increasing e-commerce sales in the country. The new service responds to an increasing demand for reliable, rapid and efficient deliveries of goods purchased on the internet, the company said in a statment.

TNT Express France now offers a choice of home delivery or drop-off at the closest ”Relais Colis” parcel collection point to the consumer’s home. There are 3,800 such collection points across France that are being used by TNT under a cooperation agreement.

The Dutch-owned express operator offers three delivery solutions: direct delivery, with a second attempt the following day, direct delivery, with delivery to a Relais Colis if the recipient is absent, or delivery directly to a Relais Colis.

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