Market shares
Mail communication
- Long-term trend towards volume decline of 3% p.a. due to the substitution of letters by electronic edia such as e-mail and text messaging.
- Intensification of competition, decrease of market share approximately to 90%.
Market volume: 9.3 billion items
Source: company estimates
Dialogue Marketing
- The market sector showed a slightincrease in volume of 1.6%.
- We maintained our share of around 14% in this highly fragmented market.
Market volume: €20.9 billion
Source: company estimates
Press Services
- The market for press distribution is declining overall particularly in the daily newspapers segment.
- The Group could maintain its market share of 11.4% via the increase in the segment of programme listing magazines.
Market volume: 17.9 billion items
Source: company estimates
Parcel Germany
- In 2007, the market volume of the parcel business increased by 6.3%.
- Several very capable providers compete for shares in this highly contested sector.
- We stabilised our share at around 38%.
Market volume: €6.3 billion
Source: company estimates
Global Mail
- We are one of the world's leading providers of cross-border mail traffic with direct connections to more than 200 countries.
- The global market volume for cross-border mail was approximately €10 billion in 2007.
- Although competition has become even tougher, we sustained a market share of 14%.
Market volume: €10.4 billion
Sources: company estimates, UPU statistics 2006, annual reports for USPS, Royal Mail, La Poste, SPI and TNT, additional calculations and estimates