Oct 22, 2001, (Die Welt /FT Information via COMTEX) — Deutsche Post AG, Germany’s postal services operator, is to keep its letter monopoly until 2007, it was announced yesterday. The monopoly had previously been scheduled to end on 31 December 2002.
Read MoreDeutsche Post, the German post office operator, plans to introduce a new logistics system for e-commerce and mail order. By the end of this month, a pilot scheme will have been launched whereby 24 computer-controlled machines will be installed in Mainz and Dresden, from which customers will be able to collect parcels.
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Read MoreDeutsche Post’s parcel delivery service is expected to fall just short of its target for pre-tax returns (between 2.6 and three per cent). The EU Commission has forced it to create a separate marketing and sales company for business customers and the shortfall in earnings is being attributed to the cost of setting up the new division.
Read MoreOctober 18, 2001 — Paul Needham, Reuters: “Deutsche Post World Net is looking at strengthening its presence in the U.S. air express market to complete the formation of its global express network, a board member told Reuters on Thursday. ‘We cannot operate this worldwide air express network without a strong U.S. presence. How this can be organised is something we are looking into,’ said Peter Kruse, board member for European express services while at the German logistics conference in Berlin. Kruse declined to comment on reports in German media that Deutsche Post was interested in acquiring listed transport company Airborne Express , the third-largest domestic air express transport operator in the U.S. after UPS and FedEx . Earlier on Thursday Deutsche Post CEO Klaus Zumwinkel described the reports as ‘speculation’ which had been circulating for 12 months or more. Airborne Express has also declined to comment on possible Deutsche Post interest.
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