Company expects more than 50% increase in volumes during 2020 peak season
DHL Express expects unprecedented online shopping and shipping volumes during the upcoming peak season of 2020. It attributes this to the continued globalization and the Covid-19 pandemic driving consumers to shop online like never before.
DHL Express is expecting an all-time high in e-commerce trade around the globe. Having already experienced around 35% e-commerce shipment volume growth in 2020, the upcoming peak season will further accelerate this and result in more than 50% higher shipment quantities compared to last year’s peak season, the company revealed in a press statement.
“Over the years, we have seen consumers and even businesses shift their purchases online, but the pandemic has truly pushed the trend to leapfrog a few years ahead,” commented Ken Lee, CEO, DHL Express Asia Pacific.
“DHL Express invests approximately EUR 1 billion annually to improve its infrastructure, network and people, so that we are prepared for these kinds of situations and to ensure that global trade continues even in the most challenging periods,” remarked Sean Wall, Executive Vice President, Network Operations & Aviation, DHL Express Asia Pacific.
