Tag: last mile
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Convenience is costly: Why home delivery is reaching its limits
Consumers today expect delivery options that are flexible and convenient. Parcel service providers, for their part, are struggling with rising delivery costs, traffic and delivery problems in city centres, and growing pressure on margins. Parcel shops, parcel lockers and other out-of-home solutions are therefore growing rapidly across Europe. “Home delivery is convenient, but expensive,” says…
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CEP market under pressure: Mixing parcel networks with same-day delivery leads to a loss of efficiency – and money
The German CEP market continues to grow, but pressure on the last mile is mounting. From SKR AG’s perspective, the decisive competition arises not solely from faster delivery times, but from the economic management of different delivery networks. Traditional parcel networks and hyperlocal same-day models follow fundamentally different rules regarding costs, capacity utilisation and scaling.…