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DPD opens parcel shops at Staples stores

Posted by | Dec 11, 2007 | |

DPD has opened parcel shops at 56 stores of the office supply chain Staples in Germany to further develop its B2C business and broaden its product portfolio. Staples previously cooperated with GLS.

Staples expects to enhance its product portfolio with the new parcel shops, the DVZ transport newspaper reported. Managing director Sönke Feuerherm said Staples could offer customers nationwide parcel deliveries at attractive prices. The price is based on the box size rather than on weight.

“The Staples stores provide first-class locations, good service quality and high customer orientation”, DPD CEO Hans Fluri was cited as saying. The parcel company expected to increase its competitiveness with the new cooperation.

According to the DVZ, DPD agreed a deal with Staples for lower prices than had previously been the case with GLS.

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DPD opens parcel shops at Staples stores

Posted by | Nov 7, 2007 | |

DPD has opened parcel shops at 56 stores of the office supply chain Staples in Germany to further develop its B2C business and broaden its product portfolio. Staples previously cooperated with GLS.

Staples expects to enhance its product portfolio with the new parcel shops, the DVZ transport newspaper reported. Managing director Sönke Feuerherm said Staples could offer customers nationwide parcel deliveries at attractive prices. The price is based on the box size rather than on weight.

“The Staples stores provide first-class locations, good service quality and high customer orientation”, DPD CEO Hans Fluri was cited as saying. The parcel company expected to increase its competitiveness with the new cooperation.

According to the DVZ, DPD agreed a deal with Staples for lower prices than had previously been the case with GLS.

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Mail posts gloomy forecast

Posted by | Nov 1, 2007 | |

Royal Mail profits fell by a third in the 2006-7 financial year, mainly as a result of a sharp rise in pension fund costs.

The group faces operating at around break-even this year and next, it said.

Chairman Allan Leighton and chief executive Adam Crozier said pension costs, revenue decline through losses to competition and the overall fall in mail volumes meant Royal Mail’s letters division was heading towards break-even in the current financial year.

They added: “Without the contribution from GLS (General Logistics Systems, the group’s European parcels business), the group could again become loss-making.”

The group said profits for 2006-07 were in line with expectations at £233m, down a third, mainly due to pension costs rising by GBP 193m to GBP 722m.

Competition had developed much more quickly than anyone forecast. Rivals would this year be handling around 4bn letters, around one in every five posted – a level Postcomm had forecast would not be reached until 2010.

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European parcels operation sparkles despite postal misery for Royal Mail

Posted by | Nov 1, 2007 | |

General Logistics Systems, the European parcels operation, is turning out to be the jewel in the crown for Royal Mail, which has seen profits slashed in its domestic letters business over the past year.

GLS increased its operating profit by 15 per cent to GBP 115m on sales of just over GBP 1bn for the financial year 2006-7. And there was also good news from Parcelforce Worldwide which made an operating profit of GBP 10m – double the figure for last year and the second year running of profit after more than 15 consecutive years of losses.

Royal Mail said Parcelforce Worldwide grew its revenue by 7.3 per cent in a market that became even tougher, and delivered a record operating profit of GBP 10m. GLS grew its revenues by 4.9 per cent in a very competitive market and its operating profit increased to GBP 115m. “The results of both GLS and Parcelforce Worldwide demonstrate the group’s potential in areas where it is allowed to compete freely without regulatory constraint.”

However, profits were slashed from GBP 344m to GBP 194m in the letters business which has also gone through a damaging strike.

“Inland addressed mail volumes fell by 2.3 per cent – the first decline after many years of growth,” said Royal Mail. “The growth in email undoubtedly played a key factor in the fall and the realistic prospect facing the Company is for further volume decline. The peak in mail volumes looks likely to be behind us.”

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GLS Netherlands started Express service

Posted by | Oct 24, 2007 | |

The GLS Netherlands express service guarantees the deliveries of parcel in a national level by 17:00 of next day. The customers can also book the delivery service by 9:00 and 12:00. GLS Netherlands also will extend the delivery on Saturday.

GLS also guarantee the money back in case of delays or deliveries in a different time as booked. “The company insures each parcel for a EUR 1000 value” said Aart Bon, Managing Director GLS Netherlands.

GLS Netherlands also offers a free software “Label – Lite 0.3”, which allows the customer to label the parcels and scheduled the express deliveries.

“GLS wants to offer more service to small and medium enterprises, which prefers One-Stop-Shopping, said Mr. Bon. “The additional express services means an important expansion of our portfolio”.

The national express services launched in October 2007 expand the range of service of GLS in The Netherlands; in addition to parcel delivery services, freight and warehousing services.

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