Germany’s Deutsche Post World Net said on Wednesday that its profit rose by nearly 50% in 2000 as the former postal monopoly went on a buying spree to push into foreign markets and expand beyond delivering mail. Net profit jumped 48% to 1.5 billion ($1.3 billion) from $895 million the previous year. Sales advanced 46% to $29.2 billion from $20 billion.
Read MoreCOMPLAINTS of anti-competitive behaviour against NZ Post are growing
as two more independent mail services close and two survivors take
their case to the government. Following the collapse of National Mail,
Today’s Post in Nelson and
Smart Post in Whakatane have closed. Franchise operator Pete’s Post has
plans to expand to Auckland in
the next few weeks but owner Murray McBeth said the company had been
hit hard by NZ Post’s aggressive tactics.
Postal services worldwide are concentrating on the market offered by the
Internet by issuing digital certificates; the United Nations is trying to
develop standards that would allow the digital certificates to be used in
different countries
E-mail marketing messages expected to total 30 bil in 2001, growing to 268 bil in 2005; marketers may have to start paying to send e-mails
Read MoreYOU HAVE YOUR SAY ON BRITAIN’S MAIL MISERY. HUNDREDS OF READERS HAVE WRITTEN
TO TELL US THEIR POST OFFICE HORROR STORIES
THERE has been an extraordinary response to last week’s Sunday Express
revelations on the woefully poor service offered by the Post Office.
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