Parcels and Express
The IPC Annual Conference - Shop@Home
Growth opportunities in the parcel market as a result of anywhere, anytime, anything internet shopping. CEOs from the world’s largest posts from Asia, North America and Europe discussed the optimization of merchandise delivery. Guest speakers included the CEOs of eBay, Rakuten, and Pixmania. View Summary. View presentations.
Insights to the Growth of E-Commerce
In May 2010, IPC delivered to its members the IPC Cross-Border E-Commerce Report, a benchmarking analysis of the potential for cross-border e-commerce growth in seven markets in Europe and North America. Download report.
Insights to the Home Delivery Parcels Market
In October 2008, IPC delivered to its members the findings of a major research study commisioned from The Boston Consulting Group: Insights to the home delivery parcels market, with an emphasis on implications for future development.
Each year IPC brings together industry experts to discuss parcels and express strategy through Senior Executive Forums.
Growth in Online Shopping
The European home shopping market is growing fast with a shift from retail to online and this is being stimulated by the economic crisis. In Europe the retail market is worth EUR 2,200 billion and is growing at 2.5 percent. Online shopping is still a very small part of this but is growing at over 20 percent. Most of this is physical delivery (EUR 132m). The share of online shopping will be eleven percent of retail by 2011.
CEP Market Value
The CEP market in Europe is currently worth around EUR 40 billion. This will grow considerably. Half of this is express and half is standard parcels. B2C parcels are growing much faster (six to eight percent) than B2B parcels. Cross border traffic is growing faster than the domestic segment at fifteen percent, but it is still small. The CEP market in the Americas is currently worth around EUR 55 billion and EUR 30 billion in Asia.