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...Reducing delivery options — for example, removing next-day or express options — is also a widely-used method of easing the strain on services at peak times....
...The group’s diversified strategy of post, express parcels and logistics means any future missives are worth the wait....
...The relevance of this is that Royal Mail is the leading parcel operator in the UK with more than 50% market share of total parcel volumes....
...Daily Mail and General Trust, which publishes the Daily Mail, Metro and Mail Online, is not putting journalists on leave but is asking higher earners to take pay cuts and accept shares in lieu....
...Deutsche Post spotted that e-commerce created an opportunity in parcel deliveries. Express service provider DHL was acquired in stages from 1998....
...Both US businesses were acquired through Royal Mail’s international parcels division, GLS....
...The purchase comes after Royal Mail bought Pacific-Northwest focused Postal Express for $13.3m last year....
...That represented a continuation of Royal Mail’s positive half-year performance, when Group revenue also rose 2 per cent – as a 3 per cent decline in letter revenues was offset by a 5 per cent rise in parcel...
...The UK’s dominant Royal Mail has also made expanding in parcels a priority....
...The North American parcels market made up around a third of the global sector in 2015. Royal Mail’s two acquisitions focus on overnight express business-to-business deliveries....
...American UPS agreed to buy Dutch delivery group TNT Express for €5bn in 2012....
...Winners include Hermes, a low-cost carrier, and DPD, an express company that is part of French state-owned La Poste....
...Past and present colleagues from the Executive Board wish to express their deep affection for Lucas....
...Royal Mail is making it easier to receive parcels if no one is at home when the postie knocks....
...Last year the express delivery group opened one of Europe’s biggest parcel hubs, a £100m facility in England, with the latest automated “sortation” technology....
...On Tuesday, it changed course, reacting to the growing importance of ecommerce to focus on parcels again with an acquisition of UK Mail....
...Rob Byde, analyst at Cantor Fitzgerald, said he believed Deutsche Post wanted to use UK Mail as a vehicle to expand its express parcel network in Britain....
...Royal Mail is beefing up its operations outside of the UK, buying a Spanish parcels delivery company for €71m....
...Alex Paterson, analyst at Investec, says that by increasing cross-border or express deliveries, such offerings could enable Royal Mail to drive up yields — meaning higher revenue per unit....
...DPD, the express parcel carrier, is looking for a site in the Midlands for its fifth UK sorting hub, as it steps up an aggressive expansion drive....
...However, the Post Office claimed the strike would not affect Royal Mail and the company had put “robust contingency plans in place”....
...DHL Express France received an €81m fine, while TNT Express France will pay out €58m....
...Meanwhile, Royal Mail delivers goods bought on eBay to Argos stores....
...Nick Landon, managing director of parcels at Royal Mail, says its size and reach play to the company’s advantage in peak season....
...Amazon, Uber and Alphabet may now have the scale to take losses on steampunk last-mile initiatives, such as Prime Now parcel hubs in cities, UberRush courier services using cars and bikes, or Google Express...
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