House of Lords upholds decision as UPS loses appeal against liability for loss of goods in transit
House of Lords upholds decision as UPS loses appeal against liability for loss of goods in transit
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UPS opens 100th MBE retail store in Germany
UPS affiliate Mail Boxes has opened its 100th store in Germany with a new outlet in the southern city of Ingolstadt.
The opening ceremony for the franchise store was attended by senior UPS and MBE officials, including MBE Europe chief Paolo Fiorelli, Stuart Mathis, President MBE
Inc., and Rob Burrows, head of UPS International Retail Services (Europe). UPS Germany holds a 20% stake in MBE Germany.
Among parcel operators in Germany, B2C specialist Hermes claims the largest network with 13,000 drop-off and collection points, DHL uses the 12,000 post offices of parent Deutsche Post, most of GLS’ 5,100 European locations are in Germany, while DPD has about 500 parcel shops.
Read MoreUPS disappointed with UK parcel, but will hang in there
UPS disappointed with UK parcel, but will hang in there
Read MoreAppointments – latest CEP managerial changes
A number of senior managerial changes have been announced by leading international express and parcel operators during May.
Jan Engels (47) has been appointed managing director marketing & sales at DHL Express Benelux as of June 1.
Ben Gordon has been named Express Logistics Operations and Implementations Manager for UAE.
Jean-Sébastien Leridon (32) has been named Commercial and Marketing director for DHL Global Mail in France. Thomas Sonnenschein (37) is the new secretary general of DHL Global Mail in France, responsible for administration and finances.
Jürgen Seifert has been named to the management board of TNT Express in Germany, with responsibility for Human Resources & General Services.
Andrew Watson has been appointed National Operations Manager in Bahrain with responsibility for country operations and the local road and air hubs.
Davide Rosetti has been named commercial director for Southern Europe, with responsibility for sales and commercial development.
Read MoreSelling retailers on opening shop at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport
Michael Baldwin wants a FedEx Kinko’s store inside Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.
Baldwin, an executive in the airport’s revenue-management department, has spent a year and a half cajoling the Dallas-based chain to put one of its printing-and-shipping stores inside an airport terminal for the first time.
Last week, he traveled 1,100 miles to pay the company another visit, at a sprawling booth in Las Vegas. Baldwin was one of six executives from D/FW Airport attending the annual convention of the International Council of Shopping Centers, the world’s largest trade show for retailers.
The airport, which is trying to fill its five terminals with restaurants and shops, sent its largest delegation to this year’s show.
D/FW has been pressing to add more retail — it gets about half of its annual USD 500 million budget from airlines. In Las Vegas, it was touting the impending openings of several new stores and restaurants, ranging from Dunkin’ Donuts to Mont Blanc, and the availability of credit-card processing at 97 Pepsi machines.
At the same time, D/FW was recently called out by respondents in a J.D. Power survey on the depth — or lack thereof — of its food, beverage and retail offerings, even though it placed first among North American airports in overall satisfaction. Other airports also rated low in the retail categories.
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