Tag: Royal Mail Group

Sales grow 15 times faster online than in shops

Posted by | Dec 14, 2002 | |

Internet shopping may have come of age at last as British shoppers racked up Pounds 1bn of online sales last month – almost double the level of a year ago.

The findings, released yesterday by the Interactive Media in Retail Group, showed that November sales outstripped the previous month by 10.1 per cent, and by 95 per cent for the festive period last year. Sales over the internet are growing 15 times faster than those on the high street, which have grown by an annual 6.1 per cent, according to the IMRG.

Much of the online increase was driven by a shift toward products such as electronics, clothing and e-ticketing from budget airlines.

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Mail wins support of DTI over pricing

Posted by | Dec 14, 2002 | |

Allan Leighton, chairman of the Royal Mail, yesterday won the backing of Government in his fight with the postal regulator over price controls.

In a move that raised questions about the independence of Postcomm, the Department of Trade and Industry urged the regulator to modify its price proposals.

Mr Leighton believes Postcomm’s controls could jeopardise his recovery plan for the Royal Mail and the promise of Pounds 3 billion in state funding for the troubled postal group.

He will be pleased at having government support, but the issue has sparked controversy about whether the department was putting undue pressure on an independent regulator.

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Welsh Mail to be sent via Manchester

Posted by | Dec 11, 2002 | |

Postal deliveries in North Wales could be hit by plans to switch weekend sorting to Manchester, it was claimed last night.

Royal Mail chiefs plan to move all weekend processing from Chester’s pounds 64m Sealand Road sorting office, which handles mail for North Wales, Wirral and parts of Cheshire, as part of a national drive by the company to save pounds 1.2bn a year by 2003.

Caernarfon MP Hywel Williams is pressing Royal Mail to drop the plans.

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New human resources director appointed to Royal Mail

Posted by | Dec 10, 2002 | |

A new Human Resources Director is to be appointed to Royal Mail. Tony McCarthy, Group HR Director of BAE Systems, will join Royal Mail on 6 January.

DTI Minister Stephen Timms said: “This is the latest in a number of appointments strengthening the leadership of Royal Mail. The company will undoubtedly benefit from the appointment of an experienced Director with specific responsibilities for Human Resources.”

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Royal Mail Launches New Online Service

Posted by | Dec 9, 2002 | |

The nature of traditional media channels is changing, and Royal Mail is keen to promote direct and door-drop mail campaigns as a cost effective alternative. Its new web based initiative allows customers to develop their own direct marketing strategies and is an imaginative attempt to capture a market that is underutilized in the UK.

The UK’s Royall Mail has introduced a new interactive online service highlighting the effectiveness of both direct mailings to targeted households and door-drop campaigns to whole neighborhoods. Ogilivy Interactive, one of the largest marketing communications networks in the world, has designed the virtual demonstration.

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