Tag: Japan

FedEx moves local Asian markets to region-wide loyalty plan

Posted by | Sep 10, 2004 | |

International courier company FedEx is rolling out a new regionwide online loyalty programme to encourage closer relationships with its small- and medium-sized customers. The programme will replace local loyalty schemes which currently operate differently in national markets. “With a consolidated programme, there is a common brand identity, which will have a greater impact and awareness among customers,” commented Malcolm Sullivan, VP of marketing and communications for FedEx’s Asia Pacific division. The FedEx Reward Centre Programme is currently being piloted in Singapore, China and Japan prior to rollout over an unspecified period across Asia-Pacific. The scheme’s online platform will also make it cheaper to run than existing programmes, Sullivan said, with savings from bulk purchases and sharing capital equipment and operations.

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Japan’s Koizumi goes ahead with postal privatisation despite opposition

Posted by | Sep 10, 2004 | |

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s cabinet approved a controversial plan to privatise postal services on Friday, brushing aside stiff opposition from within his own party.

At an emergency meeting, the cabinet gave the go-ahead to a plan outlined by an advisory panel headed by Koizumi, although it failed to gain full support from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

“It is the biggest reform since the Meiji Era,” Koizumi told the meeting, referring to the 1868-1912 modernisation period that ended the feudalistic rule of the shoguns.

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FedEx Express names new regional chief for Middle East/Africa

Posted by | Sep 8, 2004 | |

FedEx Express, the world’s largest express transportation company, has announced the appointment of Brian Britnor as Regional Manager Sales for Global Service Participants (GSP) & Airline Sales, Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa.

In his new position, Britnor will focus on maintaining FedEx’s world-class service standards. This appointment further strengthens FedEx’s position in the region and confirms the company’s continued commitment to its customers.

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Japanese Government to keep control of some postal services after privatisation

Posted by | Sep 8, 2004 | |

The government intends to keep mail delivery and over-the-counter post office services under its control even after postal privatisation is complete, the final draft of a basic policy on postal reform showed Wednesday.

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s Cabinet is expected to endorse the policy Friday after the government’s Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy adopts the draft.

According to the draft, Japan Post will be split in April 2007 into four concerns that will operate mail delivery, postal savings, “kampo” life insurance, and over-the-counter services under a holding company.

The postal savings company will engage in the lending business, the draft says.

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Panel agrees to split Japan Post into 4 entities in 2007

Posted by | Sep 7, 2004 | |

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s policy-setting panel agreed Tuesday to divide state-backed Japan Post into four entities in April 2007, paving the way for the government to adopt a basic policy for Koizumi’s postal privatization scheme. The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy agreed the four entities will operate under a holding company by inheriting postal services currently run by Japan Post — mail delivery, postal savings, “kampo” life insurance, and the management of the network of over-the-counter services at post offices. Whether to split Japan Post into the entities at the start of the postal privatization process was the biggest issue in the ongoing debate on the future of Japan’s postal services.

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