PIN AG, the German private delivery company, has for around two years delivered mail and packages at lower prices than former monopolist Deutsche Post AG. Following postal sector deregulation, it has the necessary licence from the post and telecommunications regulatory body, on condition that it offer a higher-quality service than Deutsche Post.
Read MoreA court in the city of Cologne has ruled that Deutsche Post AG, the German post office, cannot monopolise the term “Post”. It ruled against a claim by Deutsche Post against a local company which had been given a license deliver mail, which it did under the brand name “Postmodern”.
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Read MoreThe “last mile” in the logistics chain is often the most expensive and complex leg:
couriers often have to return to base with the packets. because the consignees were not at home to receive them.
This is true in both the business-to-consumer and business-to-business sectors. However, there is now a solution especia liv for shipments of spare parts. which have to he delivered overnight or even during the night: the automated parcel dispenser.
Exel PLC said it has sold its loss-making German deep frozen
food distribution business to a management buy out team and added it is
restructuring its other chilled operations in Germany
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