Deutsche Post Management said that it was looking for a strategic partner for eVITA, the group’s internet shopping portal, and added that it did not rule out a sale of the operations. Deutsche Post stressed that online activities such as ePost and Deutsche Post Com had already been integrated into the group’s letter division.
Read MoreDeutsche Post, the German postal service operator, has announced that it is to withdraw from its business with digital signatures, declaring at the same time that it was to sell its loss-making subsidiary Signtrust. Deutsche Post said its withdrawal was due to the fact that the market appears to be unready for digital signature technology, meaning that it could not implement its strategy for this area of the business.
Read MoreGerman postal and logistics giant Deutsche Post AG plans to expand its position in Asia.
Deutsche Post chief executive Klaus Zumwinkel, speaking during a visit to Japan, said that parcel-express service DHL and logistics service provider Danzas will be at the center of these plans. “Asia is, for us, a growth market to which we are paying a great deal of attention,” he said. The group had particularly high expectations of opportunities on the Chinese market, he added.
Read MorePrime Minister Junichiro Koizumi proposed Monday to send a Japanese team to a German postal firm to observe privatized postal services. The proposal is apparently intended ultimately to help create a more favorable mood for the privatization of Japanese postal services, one of the premier’s pet projects.
Read MoreDeutsche Post World Net AG denied it has held talks with CargoLifter AG on an advertising cooperation as well as on taking a stake in the financially troubled airship maker.
“Deutsche Post has not considered such a takeover and is currently not considering doing so,” said the logistics giant in a statement.
Earlier this week, CargoLifter denied reports it would have to file for insolvency.
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