Presentation at UK Express Delivery Conference by Claude Begle, DPD/GeoPost.
Contains size of European market, European market share, market shares for UK Benelux, France & Germany, GeoPosts alliances.
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Deutsche Post’s subsidiary, DHL, has exited talks to acquire outright or enter into a joint venture with An Post’s parcels and courier delivery arm, SDS.
However, the German postal giant could still be interested in snapping up individual aspects of the business if An Post decides to break up loss-making SDS.
The news has placed more pressure on the board of An Post ahead of a board meeting in July to discuss SDS’s options as part of its ongoing review of all aspects of its business.
Read MoreThe chairman of German postal services operator Deutsche Post, Klaus Zumwinkel has said that French postal service La Poste will have reason to worry when his group enters the French market in view of the EU’s liberalisation of the postal sector, to be completed in 2009.
Read MoreGermany’s postal giant, Deutsche Post, is talking to investment banks to work out if it can table a counter-bid to buy Tibbett & Britten, the British logistics group.
Deutsche Post met a number of advisers last week to see if it could top the Pounds 328m agreed bid that has already been made by Exel. Tibbett’s distribution network would be an ideal platform for the German company to expand in Britain and achieve its ambition of competing head-on against Royal Mail.
Read MoreUPS has announced it will begin deploying wireless technologies, including Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, to package facilities and drivers in Europe to ensure customers continue to have the most up-to-the-minute tracking information available at all times. The first part of the deployment will occur inside UPS sorting centers and hubs.
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