Courier, Express, and Postal Observer

The courier, express, and postal industry is the largest segment of the transportation marketplace worldwide. This blog will provide a personal perspective on the challenges faced by firms in the industry as they serve an increasingly competitive market.

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Why Weight Matters

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Most of the attention to date has been on the decline in both Postal volume and revenue. However, to fully understand the drivers of reven...

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

$2 Billion Confirmation and Other Odds and Ends

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1) Today, the Associated Press reported that Postmaster General Jack Potter told the National Association of Postmasters that the Postal Se...

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

The Challenge of Cutting Costs

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The Postal Service has begun a all-hands-on-deck effort to work its way through its financial challenges caused by the economic downturn. ...

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Understanding The Outlook

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The first inkling that the Postal Service faced difficult times was reported on this blog a little over a week ago. With the publication of...

Monday, August 11, 2008

The impact of FSS? Changing the shape of Mail

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The New York Times has reported that Rolling Stone, the largest circulation music magazine will be changing its format from a tabloid to a m...

UPDATE TNT - UPS Merger Rumor

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Early Monday morning, Don Brutto, UPS President of International Business, put a kibosh on the story that it was negotiating to purchase TNT...

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Consolidation of the Package Delivery Market in Europe

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The Sunday Telegraph reported today that UPS has made an informal offer of $15 billion (10 billion Euro) to purchase TNT suggests that we m...

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Alan Robinson: Silver Spring, Maryland, United States; Alan Robinson is the President of the Direct Communications Group and an associate of Analytic Business Services (AnaBus). He has over twenty years experience helping firms and government officials deal with the regulatory, policy, marketing, and management issues associated with changes in competition within transportation, parcel delivery and postal markets. He can be reached at alan.robinson@directcomgroup.com

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