Tag: Mail Services

UK Christmas mailbag grows

Posted by | Dec 23, 2004 | |

Despite the popularity of e-mails and text messaging customers continue to
post Christmas cards in record numbers. Royal Mail have today announced a record number of deliveries were achieved this Christmas. Over 2.2 billion items were delivered. Postwatch thanks Royal Mail on behalf of customers for their record breaking effort. Peter Carr said “This is a good result for Royal Mail and it is encouraging that mail volumes have been sustained despite the e-alternatives. All the management and staff should be congratulated.”

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UK post office staff to strike in Christmas hours row

Posted by | Dec 22, 2004 | |

Workers in hundreds of Post Offices across the UK are to strike on Christmas Eve in a row over opening hours, it was announced today. Managers will fill in for counter staff at 294 crown offices when the walkout starts at 12.30pm. The Royal Mail said it wanted to keep open its 555 crown offices until 4pm to give people more time to collect pensions and child benefits. But the Communication Workers Union said there was no need to keep open offices beyond the traditional 12.30pm closing time.

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KarstadtQuelle in exclusive talks with Deutsche Post on logistics ops

Posted by | Dec 22, 2004 | |

KarstadtQuelle AG is now in exclusive talks with Deutsche Post World Net AG to sell its logistics operations, Die Welt newspaper reported, citing no sources.
The parts Deutsche Post hopes to acquire are the troubled German retailer’s two package delivery centres, in Frankfurt and Leipzig, its warehousing operations and the business of supplying its department stores. Meanwhile, KarstadtQuelle is in exclusive talks with privately-owned transportation company Fiege to deliver large goods such as refrigerators or furniture to customers. The newspaper said according to industry estimates, KarstadtQuelle is asking for 1 bln eur for its entire logistics operations.

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NZ Post-DHL link annoys other rivals

Posted by | Dec 21, 2004 | |

State-owned New Zealand Post has spurned rivals to sell its courier businesses into a joint venture with Deutsche Post-owned DHL. The sale was condemned as a partial privatisation of a state business without a contestable process to find out if anyone else wanted to pay more. New Zealand-owned Freightways was annoyed that it did not get a look in despite asking for the chance several times. Also excluded was Toll Holdings of Australia, which has started a small courier business in New Zealand to exploit cross-selling opportunities from its road and rail businesses. “We just wanted a level playing field,” said Dean Bracewell, managing director of Freightways. He condemned yesterday’s deal as lacking transparency – no financial details were disclosed. Toll chief financial officer Neil Chatfield said the company was disappointed it did not get an opportunity to be involved. He said it was a strange way to sell a public asset.

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Deutsche Post expanding onto French mail market with acquisition of French mail service provider Koba

Posted by | Dec 21, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post has acquired a majority share of the French mail service provider Koba with headquarters in Chilly-Mazarin near Paris. With this acquisition, Deutsche Post is consistently pursuing the strategic expansion of its activities on domestic mail markets and is establishing an excellent starting platform for entry onto the French mail market. Koba is the leading specialist for direct marketing and mail solutions in France. Klaus Knappik, Chairman of the Mail International Divisional Board at Deutsche Post World Net, says: “The acquisition of Koba is yet another milestone in our international mail strategy, which enables us to offer our customers high-quality mail services in France.”

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