A large percentage of the international mailing community is not happy with Consignia, and with good reason.
January 2 saw increases of up to 30 per cent in their overseas postal rates, coupled with a slashing of discounts for sorted mail. This makes a mockery of Consignia’s Wholesalers’ Agreement, with its approved international postal consolidators, and it smacks of robbing Peter to pay Paul.
the acceptance of inevitable liberalisation does not mean everyone in the mailing house sector has complete confidence in Postcomm’s new competitive deal. Fears of further disruptions and uncertainties about the future mean the industry remains cautious, to say the least.
“Postal liberalisation frightens me,” states SR Communications chairman John Burbidge. “Compared with the rebate system we had in the Seventies, what we have now is much better. The postal service is currently going through a blip brought about by bad management, not by the industry itself
Read MoreTibbett & Britten Group North America Inc. (TBGNA), a regional division of UK-based international logistics specialist Tibbett & Britten Group plc, has been awarded a long-term contract with 7-Eleven, Inc.
Read MorePall-Ex has launched a customer-focused version of its own IT system, called Pall-IT. The new system, available to all Pall-Ex members‘ own customers, is centrally controlled by the Pall-Ex hub.
Read MoreOcado, the home shoping service backed by John Lewis Partnership, has had a “very successful launch“ according to a company spokesman.The service was launched to 100,000 homes in the Hemel Hampstead area on 23 January and so far more than 1,000 have signed up.
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