Tag: Germany

Chapman to oversee Deutsche Post UK domestic sales

Posted by | Oct 1, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post Global Mail has hired Neil Chapman as UK domestic sales manager. He will be responsible for building the company’s mail products business, and is to report to sales director Paul Galpin. Previously, Chapman worked on one of the Deutsche Post Star value creation programmes in Brussels. He was responsible for delivering a sales management strategy for the newly integrated salesforce across DHL Express in Europe. Chapman says: “I believe that having an open- minded approach to our customers will further facilitate the creation of innovative solutions and deliver tangible benefits to the market.”

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Deutsche Post Provides Ebay Services in Berlin

Posted by | Sep 30, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post, the German postal service operator, is introducing an Ebay auction service in Berlin effective this Friday, which will be accessible even for those without computers. In the first phase it will be limited to 12 post offices, and, if successful, 50 post offices will be participating by the end of this year. The charge for the service will amount to 11.50 euros plus a 20 per cent commission on the sale. The customer is required simply to bring the objects for sale to the post office and complete a form. Goods will then be conveyed to a logistics centre for expert evaluation before each item is made available on the Internet.

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Deutsche Post sees US ops FY loss widening; delays US breakeven target

Posted by | Sep 29, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post World Net AG said it will incur additional spending this year for its US operations, which will result in the expected loss there widening to as much as 500 mln eur from the initially planned 300 mln. It said the additional spending will shift the breakeven target for its US operations to 2006 from 2005. It said the expected loss in 2005 will be as much as 300 mln eur. The group’s earnings targets for 2004 and 2005 however are not impacted by the altered US timetable, it said. For 2004, the company expects an increase in EBITA of 7.5-12.5 pct year-on-year and 2005 EBITA of at least 3.6 bln eur. It said some 200 mln eur in additional expenses in 2004 will be covered by ‘good operating results’ in other regions, especially Asia and segments such as logistics.

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Deutsche Post close to purchasing KarstadtQuelle logistics units

Posted by | Sep 29, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post World Net AG is close to purchasing two KarstadtQuelle AG logistics units with combined annual sales of 625 mln eur, industry expert Horst Manner-Romberg told the Financial Times Deutschland. KarstadtQuelle did not confirm the report to the newspaper, saying only, ‘there are interested parties that want to buy the whole logistics unit.’ The Financial Times Deutschland said Deutsche Post wants to buy KarstadtQuelle’s Optimus Logistics with annual sales of 550 mln eur and Servicelogiq with annual sales of 75 mln eur.

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