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DHL prepares for 2007 hurricane season

Posted by | May 30, 2007 | |

DHL’s Disaster Response Team (DRT) Americas, Introduced in 2006, is Mobilized to Provide Emergency Relief Logistics Support to Communities Affected by Natural Disasters This Hurricane Season

With early predictions of an intense Atlantic hurricane season with a possible 10 hurricanes forecasted for this year by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, DHL Americas’ Disaster Response Team (DRT) has mobilized its resources and is prepared to provide emergency relief logistics support in the event of any natural disaster as needed throughout the region.

The DRT Americas is comprised of about 80 DHL employees stationed throughout the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean and stands ready to be deployed on an as-needed basis to support relief activities when called upon to almost anywhere in the Americas region.

In addition to performing their daily job functions, they have voluntarily committed themselves to being part of a global team, along with DRT units in Singapore and Dubai, that enables DHL to form a strategic partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the area of disaster management.

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Selling retailers on opening shop at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

Posted by | May 30, 2007 | |

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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US Postal Regulatory Commission recommends temporary rate relief

Posted by | May 29, 2007 | |

The Postal Regulatory Commission May 25 offered interim rate relief for Standard Regular flats and catalog mailers in response to the U.S. Postal Service Governors’ request to reconsider the recommended rates in March.

The PRC’s decision grants a temporary rate reduction of 3 cents for all Standard Mail regular flats and 2 cents for Standard Regular nonprofit flats. The temporary transitional rate relief for Standard Regular flats mailers would end Sept. 29.

The agency said the Governors’ acceptance of this recommendation would require minimal administrative or transaction costs since the savings can be measured at the end of the transition period or at the time of mailing.

Also, additional computer hardware or software will not be needed to accommodate this temporary change. The PRC recommends mailers simply multiply the number of flats mailed by either 3 cents or 2 cents, depending on mail type.

Meanwhile, the Direct Marketing Association disagreed with the recommendation and issued a statement of disappointment in the PRC.

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Bilingual post office unit to open in Little Rock (US)

Posted by | May 29, 2007 | |

Those speaking Spanish in central Arkansas soon will be able to order a roll of stamps and mail packages in the language.

The United States Postal Service announced today a contract postal unit will open Thursday at Discoteca San Luis, off of West 65th Street in Little Rock. Officials say it will be the first such bilingual contract operation to open in central Arkansas.

A similar operation opened in April in Rogers.

The new contract post office will be open Sunday through Friday from 8 am to 6 pm and Saturday from 9 am to 3 pm.

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U.S. Postal Service, Pitney Bowes, UPS, and Entrepreneur Magazine Support Community of Online Entrepreneurs at eBay Live!

Posted by | May 29, 2007 | |

The U.S. Postal Service, title sponsor of eBay Live! for the third year in a row, is expected to host informative workshops for the eBay community. Approximately 1.3 million sellers around the world use eBay as their primary or secondary source of income and each of the corporate sponsors for the event, announced, are integral to the continued success of eBay entrepreneurs everywhere. Sponsors include Pitney Bowes, UPS, and Entrepreneur Magazine. In addition, VeriSign is a member sponsor and OfficeMax is an associate sponsor.

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