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Deutsche Post  Group —  Annual Report
POST - ECOMMERCE - PARCEL DIVISION
Revenue increases by . 
In the reporting year, with . additional working days in Germany, revenue in the di-
vision was , million, .  above the prior- year gure of , million. Most of
the growth stemmed from the eCommerce - Parcel business unit. Excluding positive
currency eects of  million, revenue growth was .  in the reporting year. In the
fourth quarter of , revenue in the division increased year-on-year by . .
Lower revenue and volumes in Post business unit, partly on account of strike
In the Post business unit, revenue was , million in the reporting year, .  below
the prior-year gure of , million. Volumes declined more signicantly by . . In
the fourth quarter of , revenue was , million (previous year: , million).
Although the price of a standard letter increased as of  January , the additional
sales revenue could not fully oset the decrease in revenue attributable to the overall
decline in Mail Communication volumes. e Germany-wide labour strikes called by
the trade union ver.di, our collective bargaining partner, at mail centres and in letter
and parcel delivery operations negatively impacted volume and revenue performance.
Furthermore,  included additional mail volumes as a result of factors such as the
European elections and the transition to . e cross-border mail business per-
formed well during the reporting year. e Groß and Maxi formats in particular bene-
tted from the fact that small-sized goods are increasingly being sent by letter.
In the Dialogue Marketing business, revenue and volumes decreased in addressed
advertising mail. By contrast, revenue generated from unaddressed advertising mail
increased, whereby our Einkauf aktuell product registered considerably higher growth
than Postwurfsendung items.
Post: revenue .
 m 2014
adjusted
2015 + / – % Q 4 2014
adjusted
Q 4 2015 + / – %
Mail Communication 6,641 6,545 –1.4 1,760 1,769 0.5
Dialogue Marketing 2,232 2,192 –1.8 629 612 –2.7
Other 1,141 1,047 – 8.2 300 269 –10.3
Total 10,014 9,784 –2.3 2,689 2,650 –1.5
Post: volumes .
Mail items (millions) 2014
adjusted
2015 + / – % Q 4 2014
adjusted
Q 4 2015 + / – %
Total 20,500 19,302 – 5.8 5,435 5,197 – 4.4
of which Mail
Communication 8,882 8,555 –3.7 2,307 2,231 –3.3
of which Dialogue
Marketing 9,523 8,846 –7.1 2,561 2,473 –3.4
eCommerce - Parcel business unit expands
Revenue in the eCommerce - Parcel business unit was , million in the reporting
year, exceeding the prior-year gure of , million by a pleasing . . e fourth
quarter also saw double-digit revenue growth.
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Group Management Report — REPORT ON ECONOMIC POSITION — Business performance in the divisions