Tag: Mail Services

Deutsche Post's CEO confirms continued intention to crack the US

Posted by | Aug 4, 2003 | |

Deutsche Post’s freshly reiterated expansion plans in the US are encountering fierce resistance from the dominant players in the North American parcel delivery market, UPS and FedEx. But US market forces could present a larger and more difficult hurdle than anything that UPS and FedEx can throw at Deutsche Post in court.

Deutsche Post World Net, the German postal and logistics provider, has pledged to prevent its US competitors from derailing its expansion plans in the US package delivery market. Speaking at a press conference announcing the company’s first-half earnings, Deutsche Post’s chief executive Klaus Zumwinkel said business remained strong despite continued economic weakness in Germany. He also reiterated plans to expand into the US delivery market, in what could be viewed as a message for rivals UPS and FedEx.

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R6 offers mailing advice

Posted by | Aug 4, 2003 | |

Two ex-Deutsche Post Global Mail employees have set up a logistics and mail consultancy to assist companies with distribution and postal networks throughout the world. R6 Consultancy, based in Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire, is initially concentrating on transporting print within Europe, but wants to extend its services to include address and data management, marketing services and transactional mail production as required.

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La Poste Belgium to invest USD341 million

Posted by | Aug 4, 2003 | |

La Poste plans to invest $341 million on the Belgium Post Office through various modernization initiatives.

The money is coming from equity financing from SFP, the state-owned asset management concern that now owns slightly less than 50% of Belgium Post.

The post plans to use the money on new equipment for four mail sorting centers and other unspecified restructuring projects. The modernization program is aimed at boosting the quality of services La Poste offers and cutting operational costs.

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Hellenic Post Office shows H1 earnings rise

Posted by | Aug 4, 2003 | |

Hellenic Post Offices SA said on Monday that net earnings in the first half totalled 11.0 million euros, up 13.52 percent on the same period a year earlier. Turnover was 227.8 million euros, showing a 10.55 percent increase on the first half of 2002, management said in a statement.

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Commission recommends that USPS drop E-Commerce

Posted by | Aug 4, 2003 | |

The Postal Service should drop its e-commerce initiatives and spend its resources strictly on mail delivery, the President’s Commission on the U.S. Postal Service has concluded in a new report.

The commission also suggested the Postal Service consider outsourcing its IT management along with other high-cost functions, such as real estate management and vehicle maintenance.

The report, released last week, said USPS e-commerce ventures have produced largely disappointing results and drained time and resources that could have been spent improving traditional postal services.

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