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New US domestic prices effective January 8, 2006

Posted by | Jan 9, 2006 | |

The Governors of the US Postal Service voted November 14 to accept the Postal Rate Commission’s recommendation to increase most rates and fees by approximately 5.4 percent. This price increase – the first since 2002 – is needed to fulfill a federal law passed in 2003 that requires the Postal Service to place USD.1 billion in an escrow account by October 1, 2006. Without this federal mandate, it would not have been necessary to raise prices in 2006. Among the adjustments, the 1 ounce single-piece rate for First-Class Mail will increase from 37 cents to 39 cents, and the postcard rate will increase by one cent, to 24 cents. The Board of Governors set Sunday, January 8, 2006, as the effective date for the new rates and fees.

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Kalitta Air seals USPS Deal

Posted by | Jan 9, 2006 | |

The US Postal Service is changing the way it moves mail to soldiers and others in the Middle East by signing a large contract with Kalitta Air. Kalitta Air beat out four other bidders for the contract requiring it to deliver all the mail to the Middle Easter each day, which will necessitate the use of subcontracted carriers as well. Five-year-old Kalitta, which is headed by industry veteran Conrad “Connie” Kalitta, had already been carrying a substantial portion of the mail to the region, but the new contract gives them more responsibility beyond just moving the mail. The Postal Service moves, literally, tons of packages and letters to Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries in the region each day. The agency says it moves 200,000 pounds of military mail daily to the Persian Gulf region. “You name it, they get it,” Postal Service Vice President of Network Operations Paul Vogel said in an interview.

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UPS – A STRATEGY FOR GLOBAL INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP

Posted by | Jan 1, 2006 | |

CONFIDENTIAL – NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
2. INTRODUCTION 3
2.1 “Big Brown” – A Transport Colossus 3
2.2 So What? 3
2.3 Exclusions 3
2.31 Not “The Document Courier Business” 3
2.4 Glossary 3
3. STRATEGY ANALYSIS 3
3.1 Global Transportation Industry Overview 3
3.2 Competitive Landscape 3
3.3 Strategic Capabilities 3
3.4 PESTEL/5 Forces Analysis – UPS 3
3.41 Buyers 3
3.42 Suppliers 3
3.5 Rivalry 3
3.6 Stakeholders 3
4. RECOMMENDATIONS 3
5. REFERENCES: 3
5.1 Bibliography 3
5.2 Website References: 3
APPENDICES 3
APPENDIX 1: Segmentation 3
Fig 2: Air and Express 3
Appendix 2: The “Integrators” 3
Appendix 3: Competitive Landscape 3
Appendix 4: Glossary of Terms 3
Appendix 5 – Industry Strategic Capabilities 3
Fig 1. 3
Fig 2. 3
Appendix 6: UPS Product/Market Matrix 3
Appendix 7 – PESTEL/5 Forces Analysis – UPS 3
Appendix 8. 3

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Returns and Retail

Posted by | Jan 1, 2006 | |

Introduction 3
Shoppers and Returns survey 4
High Street shoppers and on-line shopping 4
Why High Street shoppers purchase on-line 5
When High Street shoppers shop least on-line 6
Returns and Shoppers 7
Returns differences across product and channel 8
When do you think goods can be returned? 10
Returns impact on Trading 11
Returns and Consumer understanding of their rights 12
Survey Summary and Conclusions 13

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