Tag: La Poste

Belgian postal service announces postage increases

Posted by | Oct 24, 2008 | |

The Belgian postal service (La Poste) has announced that it is being forced to increase postage prices from January 1, 2009

It said that: “Due to strong inflation and an increase in the prices of energy, certain postal services will see their prices increasing from January 2009.”

The price of a postage stamp, for a standard post in Belgium, will rise from EUR 0,54 to EUR 0,59 . It said the price (EUR 0,59 ) is still below average prices currently in force in Western Europe for items under 50 gr.

Other products will also see changes to pricing know an adaptation of their tariffs. La Poste said that more than 70 pct of the costs for the Post office were in wages, but rather than consider wage cuts, the price of stamps would have to rise to reflect the increase in costs associated with fuelling more than 6.000 vehicles and some 5.000 motor cycles. La Poste said it was feeling the impact of the big rise in the prices of the fuel: in one year, its fuel costs increased by 24 pct.

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Japan Post to offer logistics service to Eastern Europe

Posted by | Oct 22, 2008 | |

Japan Post plans to start delivering automotive and electronic parts to Eastern Europe later this year utilising the network of La Poste’s German affiliate DPD, Japanese media reported.

The mail and parcel delivery service unit of Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post Service, plans distribution services to Japanese companies’ plants in Eastern Europe starting with services to Hungary next month. Delivery services to Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia will follow next year, according to Jiji Press. This comes as an increasing number of Japanese companies are setting up production bases in the region.

In July, La Poste and Japan Post signed an agreement for an international logistics partnership effective until 2011. It was reported that the in-depth cooperation focuses on mutual distribution of export shipments in Europe and Japan and that the two national postal operators planned to offer distribution services between Japan and Europe using the networks of their respective logistics units.

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La Poste expands self-service kiosk network

Posted by | Oct 21, 2008 | |

Pitney Bowes announced that it has signed a contract to provide 50 stand-alone postal kiosks to La Poste, so that La Poste can enhance its retail network in large urban areas.

The contract is one of the largest Pitney Bowes has ever signed for postal kiosks, and includes the design, installation and servicing of postal kiosks that will be located in post offices in some of France’s largest cities, beginning in 2009.

The Pitney Bowes kiosks allow postal customers to perform a wide range of tasks, including weighing a mailpiece or a parcel, ordering special postal services such as insurance, and printing and applying the correct postage or transport label, including a barcode for tracking. By allowing many customers to handle these tasks on their own, the kiosks permit postal retail counter employees to focus their attention on those customers who have special or hard-to-meet needs more efficiently.

Many kiosks provide services during hours when the regular post office is closed, thereby enhancing public access to the national postal network.

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La Poste acquires Experian document management activities

Posted by | Oct 17, 2008 | |

Docapost, La Poste’s holding company specialised in document services and solutions, has taken over the outsourced customer process activities from the French subsidiary of Experian, the global provider of value-added information solutions to organizations and consumers.

With the new integrated subsidiary called Extelia, La Poste is strengthening its position on the market of document management in line with its ambitious development strategy. This acquisition is aimed at boosting structural growth of the company enabling Docapost to double its size.

The deal, which needs to be approved by French competition authorities, enables Docapost to complete its service range in areas including electronic exchange as well as handling of inbound and outbound documents.

As operational and industrial holding company composed of 10 subsidiaries of La Poste Group specialised in document management, Docapost comprises 2600 employees working in more than 300 locations in France. The company is also represented in numerous other countries such as USA, Spain and Italy.

Established in France since 1996, Experian currently employs 1600 people in France and generates about 50 pct of its revenues in insurance and banking sectors.

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