Toll Group to build massive parcel sorting centre in Melbourne
Australian freight and express firm Toll Group has announced plans for a A$150m ($141m USD) sorting facility close to Melbourne Airport.
View ArticleAramex buys same day e-commerce delivery firm in Australia
Global express logistics firm Aramex has acquired a same-day delivery company in Australia with the intention of applying its technology to other e-commerce markets around the world.
View ArticleAustralia Post to provide $40m support package for rural post offices
Australia Post has unveiled a $40m ($37m USD) support programme to strengthen its network of regional and rural post offices.
View ArticleToll Group opens “Australia’s largest” express parcel sorting facility
Toll Group has just opened its new $170m express parcels facility near Sydney, the largest such facility in Australia.
View ArticleAustralia Post chief says letter volumes “about to fall off a cliff”
Australia Post chief executive Ahmed Fahour has revealed that his company’s letters business has already surpassed last year’s entire $218m loss — and the situation is only going to get worse.
View ArticleAustralia Post to partner government in digital mail drive
Just days after Australia Post warned its letter volumes were about to "fall off a cliff", it has sealed a deal to help the government communicate with its citizens digitally.
View ArticleToll Group focus on “enormous” Australian e-commerce potential
Australian logistics and transport giant Toll Group admitted yesterday that it wanted its new e-commerce service to progress more quickly — but said for now its focus is on getting the operations and...
View ArticleAustralia Post profits slump as letter losses “overwhelm” parcel profits
Profits at Australia Post slumped over the past 12 months, as the company’s letters business lost a record $328.4m.
View ArticleTNT Express building its largest “Super Hub” by Melbourne Airport
TNT Express has broken ground on what it says will be the largest hub facility in its global network, at a location close to Melbourne Airport, Australia.
View ArticleSenate inquiry calls for Australia Post to rethink pay for licensed post offices
A Senate inquiry in Australia has called on Australia Post to renegotiate its contract with almost 3,000 licensed post offices and ensure margins for operators are in line with commercial practice.
View ArticleFormer TNT Australia boss to head up Australia Post parcels business
Australia Post has hired former TNT Australia managing director Robert Black to oversee its crucial parcel operations.
View ArticleAustralia Post rolls out point-of-sale upgrades for rural post offices
Australia Post is rolling out new web-linked point-of-sale systems for more than 300 regional and rural licensed post offices from next month.
View ArticleAustralia Post to review licensed post office payments
Australia Post is set to launch an independent review of its licensed post office network in the light of the ongoing decline in letter volumes and customer numbers.
View ArticleJapan Post makes $5bn offer for Australia’s Toll Group
Japan Post has made an audacious $5bn bid for Australian transport and logistics giant Toll Group, which could transform the logistics and e-commerce market in the Asia-Pacific region.
View ArticleAustralia Post calls for reforms as it predicts losses this year
The once highly profitable Australia Post has called for reforms after forecasting that it will make a loss this year because of its dwindling letters business.
View ArticleParcelPoint secures $7 million funding
Australia’s largest independent online retail delivery network, ParcelPoint, has completed a $7 million financing round led by Blue Sky Venture Capital.
View ArticleAustralian government backs two-tier mail delivery service proposal
Australia Post will be allowed to introduce a new two-tier letters delivery system in order to counter the financial impact of the ongoing decline in volumes, the Australian government said last week.
View ArticleAustralia Post begins digital mail service for Westpac customers
Australia Post has begun providing digital statements for millions of customers of the Westpac bank, via its MyPost Digital Mailbox.
View ArticleTNT opens “super hub” in Sydney
TNT, the international carrier being targeted for acquisition by FedEx, has opened a new "super hub" in the Sydney suburbs.
View ArticleAustralian post offices to provide banking services for Westpac
Australia Post is set to provide banking services for customers of Australia’s second largest bank through thousands of post offices.
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