Tag: UPS

UPS reviews US cigarette shipments

Posted by | Jul 6, 2005 | |

UPS said it’s reviewing its policy on carrying tobacco products, even as rival DHL announced it will stop delivering cigarettes to individual consumers nationwide under an agreement announced Tuesday with New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. Spitzer said DHL is the first major shipping company to agree to the ban, and negotiations continue with other companies and the U.S. Postal Service. UPS confirmed Tuesday that it is in talks with Spitzer’s office. It described the talks as “very cooperative” but declined to discuss specifics or comment on DHL’s announcement.

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UPS expands technology for greater inbound visibility

Posted by | Jul 5, 2005 | |

UPS today unveiled a technology enhancement that automatically notifies customers of every package in the UPS system moving toward them, providing a new tool to better manage the demands of business. The software technology opening a new “window” into the UPS system is called UPS Quantum View Inbound and represents the most recent addition to the UPS Quantum View suite of visibility services. Quantum View Inbound provides proactive notification of UPS air express, ground and international packages that are en route to the receiver’s location.

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Development of competition in the European postal sector

Posted by | Jul 1, 2005 | |

Postal sector regulation and postal sector policy

Forces governing competition (Porter analysis, contestability of markets)

The universal postal operator: facts, figures, strategy

Competitor postal operators and effect of competition on market structure and market performance

Regulatory framework, liberalisation and access regulation

Market size of the postal sector and country information

Facts and figures for the national postal operator (US provider)

Competitor postal operators and market structure of the postal sector

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UPS` retail franchise plans in India face roadblock

Posted by | Jun 29, 2005 | |

United Parcel Services (UPS), which plans to set up a network of retail franchise shops in the country under the brand name UPS Stores, may find the going tough. The company’s plans are likely to get stalled with the Centre’s recent reluctance to allow foreign direct investment in retail. A section of the government does see it as an attempt to gain an indirect entry into retail. Besides, the department of posts has objected to UPS’ proposal, viewing it as a violation of the Indian Postal Act, which reserves the mail delivery system as a government function.

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Small businesses boost UPS Mexico Operations

Posted by | Jun 27, 2005 | |

Demand from small and medium-sized companies is helping shipping giant United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) post double-digit sales growth in Mexico, company officials said Monday. During the first quarter, UPS’ export business sales from Mexico, the company’s biggest Latin American market, grew by 30% versus the like-2004 quarter, building on a 60% annual expansion last year. “We have positioned the product with companies that used to have their own trucks,” Luis Arriaga, head of UPS Mexico, said in an interview. UPS has also gained customers from other transport companies, he added. “The product is actually tailor-made for any type of need that you might have,” Arriaga said, listing party favors like pinatas, electronics and automotive parts as examples of recent shipments out of Mexico.

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