UK-based independent postal operator, Secured Mail, has acquired the Downstream Access (DSA) Division of DHL Global Mail UK. The agreement is subject to contract.
The deal, for an undisclosed sum includes a mail depot in Crick, Northamptonshire, with 55 staff and increases Secured Mail’s share of the market.
Existing clients of DHL Global Mail UK’s DSA unit [...]

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Breathe new life into an ailing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) strategy, says Carolyn Bondi (pictured), who has first aid tips to nurse it back on its feet. 
This year more than ever, sales figures need to be busily multiplying. But if you suspect your campaigns could be dead on arrival, it’s time to check your CRM [...]

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Founder/chairman of ACTON International, US-born Jon Lambert (pictured) died of cancer towards the end of last year. He was an acknowledged international marketing expert and penned many excellent features for DMI over the years, particularly sharing his wide knowledge of the Asian market.
His daughter, Allison Lambert, told DMI: “He fought a hard, but swift, battle with pancreatic [...]

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In a communication circulated last week, DHL Global Mail UK announced that, after completing a strategic review of the UK international mail market, it has concluded that the provision of wrapping and worldwide distribution services to publishers and associated industries are no longer commercially viable, and plans to withdraw from offering these services by the end [...]

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Kaleidoscope – a major home shopping fashion retailer – has awarded the management of its third-party marketing opportunities to UK-based MediaLab Group. 
Part of Freemans Grattan Holdings – one of the biggest fashion retailers in the world – Kaleidoscope has been operating for almost three decades and has built up a wealth of experience in promoting [...]

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Proposed changes to postal regulations to remove price controls on the cost of UK postal operator Royal Mail’s commercial bulk mailing services, could undermine competition and threaten the long-term prospects of the medium by driving businesses away from using mail, the UK Direct Marketing Association has warned.
The comments follow a high-level summit of business mail [...]

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Internet trade has put the European market for courier, express and parcel (CEP) services back on track for growth, says management consultancy A T Kearney: 2010 saw the volume of shipments rise by six per cent compared with the year before to five billion and revenues grow by four per cent in the same period [...]

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Cheshire-based marketing solutions provider APS Group has been selected to handle the management of direct mail and marketing print for the iconic British game brand, The Football Pools. APS will also continue to manage the printing of weekly Pools Coupons, which it has done for the past ten years. The extension of the contract follows [...]

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Spanish postal operator, Correos, has been delving into the influence of social media on the purchasing decisions of consumers in Spain and major global markets.
The study comes as part of Correos’s work with social media communications specialist Territorio Creativo on developing a new digital strategy.
The report underlines the increasing importance of ’social marketing’ – suggesting [...]

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 Australia Post reports it has returned to profitable growth, releasing its annual results for the 12 months to the end of June 2011.
The results showed a 31.3 per cent increase in profit before tax for the year, up to AU$332.3m, on its $5bn revenue.
The company’s profits dropped last year, but it launched a business transformation [...]

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