DHL Global Mail provides faster delivery to key foreign markets, according to study

Independent research firm compared international transit times of several shipping companies

Weston, Florida—July 10, 2009—DHL Global Mail provides U.S. businesses with faster mail delivery to several key countries, according to a study comparing the performance of four shipping companies. DHL Global Mail’s transit times were found to be shorter than those of three U.S.-based competitors on most lanes tested in the study, conducted by Ipsos, one of the world’s largest survey-based research companies. That superior speed, combined with DHL Global Mail’s competitive rates and full range of services, is how the mail expediter provides unmatched solutions for high-volume mailers and parcel shippers.

Ipsos, whose research includes the “World Mail Monitor” survey, reached its findings after sending thousands of pieces of business mail from the U.S. to nine foreign countries in March. Equal numbers of mailings were sent through DHL Global Mail and three U.S.-based competitors: APC Postal Logistics, MSI Worldwide Mail and Pitney Bowes IMEX. (For DHL Global Mail shipments, Ipsos used the Globalmail Business Priority product.)

Overall, DHL Global Mail’s average transit times from the U.S. to the other countries were 1.6 days faster than those of the next closest company. DHL Global Mail was an average of more than six days faster than the competitor that posted the slowest overall transit times. Of the nine individual countries to which Ipsos sent mail from the U.S., DHL Global Mail was faster to seven.

Globalmail Business Priority shipments to the key European markets of the U.K., Italy and Germany arrived over 30% sooner on average than items sent with the next fastest company. In Asia, DHL Global Mail was about 23.4% faster to Japan and 14% faster to India on average than the company with the next shortest transit times. DHL Global Mail also averaged faster transit times for shipments from the U.S. to France and New Zealand, according to the study.

“We work hard to be the best mailing partner for our customers, so it is gratifying that an independent study found our international transit times are superior,” said Lee Spratt, CEO of DHL Global Mail – Americas. “Of course, DHL Global Mail provides much more than fast delivery. With our full line of domestic and international mail and parcel products, enhanced services and online tools, we also represent the best value in mailing.”