H&M, a clothing retailer with shops present in over 70 countries globally, decided that free shipping is unsustainable for profitability. In sixteen of the countries that the retailer operates in, H&M has introduced a loyalty membership. However, they have now started introducing a minimum order amount for their members if they want free shipping. The H&M
Joint Industry Statement on Brexit and Parcel Delivery
Ecommerce Europe, Fevad, Thuiswinkel.org, Händlerbund, Netcomm, EshopWedrop, An Post, DPD Group and PostNL have presented a joint statement on Brexit and parcel delivery. They opt that the United Kingdom and the EU27 must keep goods and parcels flow efficiently as cross-border retail has been growing exponentially in Europe over the last decade. The main argument of the
Global shipping volumes: $279 billion revenue in 2017
The Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index revealed that parcel shipping generates 279 billion dollars revenue in 2017. Turnover increased with 11% over 2016, while parcel volumes grew 17%, to 74.4 billion parcels in total. The biggest year-on-year growth in parcel volume can be found in China (28%). Globally, on average 22 parcels were shipped per person while a total of 2300