Swiss Post to keep basic postal rates stable in 2012
Swiss Post has said prices for its basic letters and domestic parcels will remain unchanged in 2012, but will be making rate changes for some of its other mail services. Switzerland’s postal service...
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La Poste and Swiss Post to combine international operations
Two of Europe’s leading national postal operators have formed an important alliance to combine their respective cross-border mail activities, in order to take on the major players in the international...
View ArticleFigures confirm record volumes from festive internet shopping
Parcel delivery firms around the world have been contending with record volumes over the festive season, driven by major growth in internet shopping and activity that was sustained much longer during...
View ArticleSwiss Post takes full control of direct marketing group
Swiss Post has taken over a group of direct marketing companies in Switzerland, in which it had previously held a 50% stake. The postal operator said the acquisition of Basel-based DMC Group for an...
View ArticleSwiss Post hits service quality targets for mail and parcels
Swiss Post surpassed its targets for delivering mail and parcels on time in 2011, according to its latest figures out today. The national postal operator in Switzerland met its 97% on-time delivery...
View ArticleSwiss Post makes green bid to save the physical letter
Swiss Post is turning its domestic letter services “carbon neutral” from 1st April, suggesting that the move effectively counters the argument that electronic communications are better for the...
View ArticleSwiss Post unit takes on 1,500 delivery staff in acquisition
Swiss Post said today its Direct Mail Company has stepped in to take over the delivery operations of a Berne-based direct marketing company. AWZ AG had made the decision to close down its delivery...
View ArticleSwiss Post CEO will not join board after retirement
Swiss Post’s current chief executive Jürg Bucher will not joint the company’s board of directors when he retires at the end of August. Swiss Post’s current chief executive Jürg Bucher will not joint...
View ArticleSwiss Post records stable profits on “slight” mail volume declines
Swiss Post said today that it had an “excellent result” 2011, although the postal operator saw its already high profitability reducing slightly compared to the year before. The year saw profits fall by...
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Swiss Post denies altering IncaMail service in patent row
Swiss Post has denied making changes to its digital mail service IncaMail in order to settle a legal case with US digital mail technology firm RPost over alleged patent infringements. Los Angeles-based...
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Swiss Post: At the Physical and Digital Interface
Mail & Express Review Editor John Modd talks to Jürg Bucher, CEO of Swiss Post, which is hosting this year’s World Mail & Express Europe conference and exhibition in Geneva between 21st and...
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Swiss Post’s PostFinance becomes 100bn franc bank
Swiss Post’s banking arm, PostFinance, is now managing customer assets valued at more than 100bn Swiss francs for the first time in its history. The company said trust in its postal banking agency...
View ArticleSwiss Post to restructure logistics unit, cutting 250 jobs
Swiss Post has launched a two-year process to restructure its PostLogistics business, with the potential loss of 250 jobs. The company said today it was reshaping its small consignment and warehouse...
View ArticleSwiss lawmakers back move to alternate post office access
Switzerland’s National Council has rejected a proposal by the country’s communications union to bring in new rules to guarantee a certain level of access to full-service post offices across the...
View ArticleSwiss Post scraps changes to international parcel pricing
Swiss Post said last week it has decided not to simplify its international parcel pricing system, and raise prices in the process. The postal operator said it had reached a mutual solution with its...
View ArticlePatent row continues over Swiss Post’s digital mail service
Swiss Post has sought to reassure customers of its digital mail service IncaMail that it now faces “no further lawsuits” regarding patent infringements within Switzerland. However, it does have a claim...
View ArticleNight Star Express signs official partner in Switzerland
Night Star Express, the European express logistics firm, has signed a franchise agreement to extend its services in Switzerland. The company based on the Dutch-German border near Arnhem has agreed...
View ArticleSwiss Post to roll out new look in 170 post offices
Swiss Post is giving its post offices a facelift and ramping up its retail product range in the coming months, with a focus on making more of third party products. The company said today it will become...
View ArticleDPD launches carbon neutral shipping in six markets
European parcel carried DPD has now adopted carbon neutrality for its services in six major markets, at no extra charge to customers. The company owned by La Poste’s GeoPost Group officially started...
View ArticleEU green light for La Poste-Swiss Post international JV
The European Commission has given the green light for La Poste and Swiss Post to create their new joint venture to combine their international mail activities. The French and Swiss national postal...
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