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Swiss Post and La Poste name international alliance “ASENDIA”
Swiss Post and La Poste announced today that the new alliance of their international mail businesses is to be called ASENDIA. The alliance was sealed officially on 6 July after the two companies...
View ArticleNeopost acquires GMC Software to grow presence “beyond mail”
Mailing technology company Neopost has acquired the Swiss-based customer communications software company GMC Software, calling the move a “significant step in the businesses beyond mail”. French...
View ArticleSwiss Post provides digital ID for two municipalities
Swiss Post is now working with two local authorities in Switzerland to provide them digital connections with their residents. From the beginning of June, Jura canton has been offering a “virtual...
View Article“Historically low” interest rates hit Swiss Post’s banking profits
Swiss Post’s banking division, PostFinance, has had a slower first half of the year than in 2011, despite taking on tens of thousands more customers. Record profits at PostFinance have helped drive...
View ArticleSwiss Post outlines plans to become Public Limited Company
Swiss Post confirmed yesterday that it is changing into a public limited company during the second quarter of 2013, although it will remain wholly owned by the Swiss Confederation. The change, under...
View ArticleSwiss Post profits down in first half
Swiss Post recorded group profits of CHF 459m in the first half of 2012, around 17% less than in the first half of 2011, but said given the “challenging environment” this was still strong within the...
View ArticleSwiss Post adds 30-minute, hour and two-hour delivery options
Swiss Post has revamped its express delivery service, Swiss-Courier, with three new delivery options – “Turbo”, “Rapid” or “Standard”. The Swiss national postal operator said today that the move took...
View ArticleFedEx Express rolls out Priority Alert service to 70 countries
FedEx Express is rolling out its “Priority Alert” monitoring service for time- and temperature-sensitive shipments to more than 70 countries around the world. The Memphis-based integrator said on...
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Swiss Post automates mail tracking with RFID technology
Danish firm Lyngsoe Systems has provided Swiss Post with a new fully-automated real-time track-and-trace system for its mail containers. The Material Management solution uses radio-frequency...
View ArticleSwiss Post’s PostFinance unit achieves record customer growth
Swiss Post has said 100,000 new customers joined its financial services division, PostFinance, in the first nine months of this year. The company said there was a high level of customer confidence in...
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Swiss Post profits slip 1% in first three quarters
Swiss Post Group has seen its profits slip by 1% so far this year, compared to the first three quarters of 2011, but insisted it was a “good achievement” given the state of the economy. The Swiss...
View ArticleSwiss Post shelves personalised newspaper project
Swiss Post has called off the launch of its “personalised” newspaper project, after a disappointing response from customers. The “MyNewspaper” product has been market-tested since December 2011,...
View ArticleSwiss Post to convert to PLC in June 2013
Swiss Post looks set to become a Public Limited Company – solely owned by the state – from 26th June, 2013, in a move aimed to improve the flexibility and independence of the business. The...
View ArticleSwitzerland’s “Mr Price” pushes Swiss Post to scrap price increases
Swiss Post has bowed to legal pressure from Switzerland’s pricing regulator, agreeing not to implement planned postal rate increases. The postal service was threatened with legal action back in...
View ArticleSwiss Post profits down 19% in 2013 under new tax liabilities
Swiss Post took a big hit to its profits from its new tax liabilities on converting into a public limited company, but otherwise achieved a “solid” annual result in 2013, it said today. The company,...
View ArticleSwiss Post profits slip slightly in first half on mail volume decline
Swiss Post said it was continuing a “steady course” in the first half of the year, although profitability slipped slightly compared to last year’s first half. The company saw its profit fall 1.8% to...
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Swiss Post to upgrade sort capacity at three parcel centres
Swiss Post has announced plans to upgrade three of its parcel centres as part of continuing efforts to boost its e-commerce shipping capabilities. The state-owned national postal operator in...
View ArticleSwiss Post launches free parcel delivery alerts
Swiss Post has launched a new advance notification system for parcels just in time for Christmas. The Swiss national postal service said its new offering will allow customers to choose to have delivery...
View ArticleSwiss Post begins building parcel centre in Cadenazzo
Swiss Post has announced that the first of its three new regional parcel centres will be completed on the site of the existing distribution base in Cadenazzo by the end of 2019. In a statement issued...
View ArticleSwiss Post begins building parcel centre in Cadenazzo
Swiss Post has announced that the first of its three new regional parcel centres will be completed on the site of the existing distribution base in Cadenazzo by the end of 2019. In a statement issued...
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