Tag: Mail Services

Middle East transport sector to undergo major changes

Posted by | Mar 13, 2005 | |

The Middle East’s transportation industry including the $10 billion (Dh36. 8 billion) logistics and express mail market is set for more competition, consolidation and privatisation in the coming five years, a study from The National Investor (TNI) said.

“Following the worldwide convergence towards ‘one stop shop’ supply chain and logistics management solutions, we believe the transportation industry in the Middle East is on the verge of revolutionary developments such as consolidation and privatisation,” said the comprehensive research report obtained by Gulf News. The report comes in the wake of the ongoing initial public offering (IPO) of Arab International Logistics Company that plans to acquire Aramex International.

The Middle East logistics market is valued at more than $10 billion with the GCC market accounting for about 10 per cent of this. The UAE accounts for roughly 35 per cent of the GCC but Saudi Arabia leads with a 55 per cent share.

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Canada Post to act as middleman

Posted by | Mar 11, 2005 | |

Canada Post claims to have found a way to address concerns over ‘junk mail’ and spam by linking consumers and marketers, while protecting personal information.
The Fetch service enables consumers to respond to promotions from participating advertisers via phone, text message or online. Canada Post then acts as a middleman, passing on information, but safeguarding private details. The postal operator, credited with having gained a high level of public trust, is piloting the partnership with 12 businesses including Safeway, Telus and Domino’s Pizza. Warren Tomlin, director of marketing and communication, and co-inventor of Fetch, says: “A lot of media have no call-to-action, so there’s no way to respond. For the consumer, it’s about trust; for the advertiser, it’s about a qualified prospect.”

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Sun Micro, Deutsche Post to step up cooperation on IT projects

Posted by | Mar 11, 2005 | |

Sun Microsystems Inc and Deutsche Post World Net AG said they plan to step up their cooperation on a range of IT projects as the German mail carrier increases its use of Java software code.

The two firms will sign a contract this afternoon at CeBIT to seal their strategic partnership.

Both firms declined to comment on the volume of the deal.

Deutsche Post has an annual information technology budget of 2.3 bln eur.

Sun Micro has similar partnerships with Deutsche Telekom AG and Vodafone Group PLC.

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Royal Mail and Marketworks unveil eBay trading solution for retailers

Posted by | Mar 11, 2005 | |

Royal Mail and eCommerce solutions provider Marketworks today announced a one-stop-shop solution for major retailers and home shopping companies who want to start trading on eBay.co.uk. Retailers can tap into eBay’s global trading platform, but still concentrate on core sales channels, by using the Marketworks and Royal Mail partnership to manage all aspects of an eBay operation – from storefront design, item listing and order management, online marketing activities through to product warehousing and goods fulfilment.

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ABN AMRO Bank, BNP Paribas, HSBC Bank plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc complete EUR 1 billion multicurrency revolving credit facility for TPG N.V

Posted by | Mar 10, 2005 | |

TPG is pleased to announce the successful completion of a seven-year EUR 1 billion Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facility. The facility replaces the company’s existing EUR 600 million facility signed October 2003. It will be used as liquidity backup for TPG’s Euro commercial paper programme and for general funding purposes. The following banks also joined the transaction as Mandated Lead Arrangers, participating for EUR 100 million each: Citigroup, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., ING Bank N.V., JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. and UniCredito Italiano-New York Branch.

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