The U.S. Postal Service has announced that it will raise its prices again on May 12, after losing $5 billion last year. This represents the second rate hike in as many years. It’s also a step toward the annual price increases the...
LIBERALIZATION IN EUROPE STILL STOP AND GO GERMAN RULINGS GIVE MIXED SIGNALS Berlin court says the German postal minimum wage violates the German constitution. In an upset victory which will be appealed by Deutsche Post, Dutch mail competitor TNT won a ruling against being...
As if taking its cues from the world of exclusive nightclubs, the U.S. Postal Service has declared that you have to be “in the know” to get the best value for your mailing dollar. Consumers who mail certain printed materials are just learning...
EUROPEAN LIBERALIZATION DELAYED AGAIN Opening of postal markets officially pushed back. A committee of the 27-member European Commission granted EC members a new two-year delay – from 2009 to 2011 for 13 countries and to 2013 for 12 new member states, along with...
ASIAN EXPANSION POSTAL GROWTH IN CHINA The postal sector in China has grown 11.6 percent per year on average since 1998, becoming a USD $10.64 billion industry. Postal delivery in China is still dominated by the state-owned China Post Group, but the sector is undergoing...