La Poste has named Alexis Ruset as the new president of Exapaq, the French B2B parcels carrier that its express parcels division GeoPost acquired earlier this year. Ruset remains a director-general of GeoPost, a post he has held since 2001.
Read MoreThe French postal group has unveiled new direct marketing mail services for small and medium-sized firms, and launched a new postal services subsidiary, Mediapost Data, to market these services.
La Poste said it aimed to offer a full range of added-value services for direct marketing, which was a vital part of the mail sector. By targeting the SME market, the postal group aimed to grow its business in this sector, comprising 2.5 million enterprises. While French firms invest about 32% of their communications spending on mail, about 93% of French consumers read addressed promotional material, according to market surveys.
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Read MorePitney Bowes Inc announced today that its French subsidiary, Secap Groupe Pitney Bowes, a company that specializes in supplying mailstream equipment and solutions, has secured a major national deal with La Poste to provide Third Party Mailing Solutions (TPMS). Secap Groupe Pitney Bowes will provide La Poste with 250 networked mailing machines from its DM series, a solution designed to help enterprises optimize management of their high-volume mail. The new systems will help La Poste in its move to provide expanded business services to its customers. The value of the transaction is approximately euro 5.0 million (USD6.0 million)
Read MorePostal sector regulation and postal sector policy
Forces governing competition (Porter analysis, contestability of markets)
The universal postal operator: facts, figures, strategy
Competitor postal operators and effect of competition on market structure and
market performance
Regulatory framework, liberalisation and access regulation
Market size of the postal sector and country information
Facts and figures for the national postal operator (US provider)
Competitor postal operators and market structure of the postal sector
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