Deutsche Post World Net AG unit DHL and Shell Belgium have agreed for Shell’s Belgian petrol service stations to be used as centralised local pick-up points for mail and packages distributed by DHL, the companies said.
Read MoreDeutsche Post, the German postal service operator, hopes to increase business substantially if German government plans to liberalise the trading of medicines via the internet go ahead. The German company already holds a stake of around 10 per cent in Mediservice, the Swiss mail order pharmacy, which currently counts around 300,000 deliveries annually.
Read MoreDeutsche Post sustained a first-quarter revenue fall of 10-12 percent in its core letter delivery division owing to weaker postage stamp sales, the semi-privatised postal authority’s finance director said in comments released on Wednesday.
“The magnitude of the decline in revenues in this division is 10-12 percent,” Deutsche Post finance chief Edgar Ernst told the investors weekly Focus Money in an article scheduled to hit the newsstands on Thursday, but released in advance.
Read MoreDeutsche Post AG, the German postal service operator, is believed to be planning acquisitions in North and South America. It is thought to be planning to expand Danzas and DHL, its subsidiaries, by targeted acquisitions, and has put aside around 150m euros to invest in these businesses.
Read MoreDeutsche Post World Net AG said in the next five years it aims to become the number one global player with its logistics, transport and mail operations measured by sales.
It said it plans to expand its logistics and express delivery service in North America and Asia and aims to enter other European markets with its mail operations.
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