Tag: USA

DHL wins exclusive floral delivery contract

Posted by | Jul 13, 2006 | |

Global express delivery and logistics business DHL has signed an exclusive two-year, multi-million dollar agreement with GrowerFlowers, a leading online floral and gift supplier for businesses and consumers in the US.

DHL will provide overnight delivery for GrowerFlowers’ fresh grown bouquets direct from greenhouses on the east and west coasts to customers throughout the US.Online floral sales are expected to consistently reach 1.75 billion USD by 2008.

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TNT Logistics close to finding buyer

Posted by | Jul 12, 2006 | |

Six years after TNT bought the logistics business from CSX Corp., the Dutch company is looking to sell the second-largest contracts logistics company in the world.

The intent to sell was announced toward the end of last year, and although the company refuses to divulge who has expressed an interest, industry observers have floated a variety of names, including big players like UPS.

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USPS discounts

Posted by | Jul 5, 2006 | |

Postal Rate Commission speaker (John Waller at UPU Bern meeting) said that USPS was now giving 14 billion dollars a year in discounts, giving an annual saving of 11 billion dollars for mailers.

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Swiss MailSource Expands in France, Buys EPS Internal Postal Business

Posted by | Jul 5, 2006 | |

Swiss mailroom management solutions provider MailSource, a subsidiary of Swiss Post, founded internal postal services company MailSource France SAS on July 1, 2006, as part of its expansion in France.

The new company has acquired the customers and staff of Paris-based Euro Postal Services SARL (EPS) with immediate effect for a six-digit sum in euro, Swiss Post said in a press release on July 5, 2006.

MailSource France SAS is expected to generate an annual turnover of around 600,000 euro ($766,000) with the prospect of significantly increasing revenue, profit and number of employees over the next few years.

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