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FedEx Express to expand in India

Posted by | Oct 20, 2005 | |

FedEx Express will expand operations in India, increasing its number of flights and destinations, a senior company official said.

“We will add five flights to and from (New) Delhi taking the total to 16,” Robert W. Elliot, the company’s president for Europe, Middle East & Africa, was quoted as saying by Dow Jones Newswires. “With these incremental flights we will be able to carry (an) additional 900 tons of cargo to and from India.”

FedEx will also add 184 full time employees, taking the total head count in India to 425, he said.

The company will increase its retail presence from 11 cities to 54 cities, Elliot said.

“Enhanced transit times, additional capacity and the ability to clear customs on location will facilitate faster and easier trade with powerful trading blocs like Europe, and help Indian businesses take advantage of the new trade opportunities in Eastern Europe,” Elliot said.

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UPS thinks outside the delivery box

Posted by | Oct 20, 2005 | |

‘WHAT can brown do for you?’ is not a marketing slogan that would work well in Europe. The Dutch journalist sitting next to me bursts into laughter when the idea is suggested during an interview with Kurt Kuehn, one of UPS’s senior vice presidents at the delivery giant’s boardroom set in leafy suburban Atlanta.

“Imagine how it would sound in German,” he says, hinting that a US company proudly advertising how its staff wear brown shirts would not go down well in a country where the colour brown has become almost taboo.

Fortunately, UPS is not that naive. Kuehn says it has never tried to export the slogan, which works well in the US where the company is known as “Big Brown” and the public has grown fond of its brown vans, which deliver packages to front doors across the country.

Corporate messaging does not, however, appear to be one of UPS’s many strengths. Its senior executives find it hard to hide their envy and disdain for rivals that use marketing to raise their profile.

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German military to privatise logistics, has approached DHL

Posted by | Oct 20, 2005 | |

Germany’s military is planning to privatise its logistics operations and has approached Deutsche Post World Net AG’s DHL about the matter, Handelsblatt newspaper reported, citing Ulrich Horsmann, head of the military’s procurement office, and a spokeswoman for DHL.

‘We were approached by the military, which asked us to work out some ideas on the matter,’ the spokeswoman for DHL said, but added there are currently no ongoing talks.

The newspaper cited industry sources as saying DHL is likely the only serious candidate for such a major project, especially as United Parcel Service already handles the US military’s logistics.

Horsmann said the German government may put out an initial 800 mln eur tender by the second half of 2006, which may result in 250 mln eur annual cost savings. Germany’s military spends about 3 bln eur per year on logistics.

The military’s privatisation plans include 190 depots, warehouses and distribution centres.

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UK Royal Mail shares proposal attacked

Posted by | Oct 20, 2005 | |

Plans by the Royal Mail to offer its workers a stake in the company are being opposed by almost half of Labour MPs, including allies of Gordon Brown, the chancellor, raising the prospect of a parliamentary clash over the issue in the new year.

Some 160 Labour MPs have signed a Commons motion urging the government to hold on to all shares in the Royal Mail and stick by a general election manifesto commitment to keep it in public hands.

On Tuesday, Allan Leighton, Royal Mail chairman, said he was optimistic of securing government approval for his plan to give a fifth of the company’s shares to its staff.

He told the trade and industry select committee that it would be “very straightforward” to set up a share ownership scheme for employees of the postal services operator.

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Japan Post, ANA to tie up international distribution

Posted by | Oct 20, 2005 | |

Japan Post will make its way into international distribution services by joining hands with All Nippon Airways Co, sources said Thursday.

The two will announce their alliance at 3 p.m., the sources said.

While last week’s enactment of postal system privatization laws has allowed the postal entity to launch international delivery services, it has no international distribution networks or know-how.

Japan Post has chosen to tie up with ANA, which has such a network and international business expertise, the sources said.

Japan Post, at present a public corporation, and ANA, Japan’s second-largest airline, expect to set up a joint venture for international delivery services in Asia including China, they said.

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