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Five Factors that will

Shape the Future of
the Express Industry Reacting to the latest news
breaking in your industry

Publication Date: Apr-07 focused

Product Code: BFAU0168

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The express industry is set to undergo drastic

transition driven by growing globalization,
deregulation of the postal sector, the wave of mergers
and alliances and the booming e-commerce industry. Unique survey data and
interview results
This brief contains a strategic overview of the
upcoming trends in the European express market and thought-provoking
a detailed discussion of the positive and negative
effects of these trends.

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Five Factors that will Shape the Future of the Express Industry
BFAU0168

Reacting to the latest news

breaking in your industry

Scope and coverage

• Globalisation: The rising need for faster transportation globally

• Consolidation: Driven by the larger players, consolidation threatens the small
players as well as the national operators
• Deregulation: How will the likely full deregulation of the postal sector in 2009
affect the express market?
• Road and B2C sectors rising: Road express is growing at the expense of air,
while e-commerce is increasing due to internet usage

Key findings and highlights

• The European express and parcel market is characterized by increasing

consolidation, moderate growth rates and rising operational costs
• Leading global players, UPS, FedEx, DHL and TNT are expanding not only their
activities in the core express services but also diversifying their portfolio to
include air freight, sea freight and contract logistics
• With the booming expansion of e-commerce, the international trade and B2C are
expected to remain the fastest growth sectors over the coming years. The
European express services are expected to reach $53.1 billion by 2010

Reasons to purchase

• A comprehensive overview of the current and future trends in the European

and Global express market
• In-depth analysis of the positive and negative effects of these trends on the
market and the operators
• Discussion of the possible next steps express operators including small and
national operators will take to adapt accordingly

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Table of contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SLOWER AIR EXPRESS GROWTH, ROAD NETWORKS
TO EXPAND
• Overview
INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
• TNT develops its European road network
• Market Description
• DHL road network
• Market Size
• UPS, FedEx focus on air express in Europe
• Porter's Five Forces model
• DPD and GLS expand coverage
• Road express growing in Spain
GLOBALISATION AND CHANGING BUSINESS
STRUCTURE
GROWING E-COMMERCE
• Overview
• Overview
• Effects of Globalization in Europe
• E-commerce driving B2C growth
• What the Express players are doing
• E-commerce growth in Europe
• Changing business structures
• B2C driving the express sector growth
• Express Services support production efficiently
• What the Express players are doing
• Expansion of express services
• Major users of Express Services by sector
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Express industry prospects
CONSOLIDATION
Table 2: Top 10 Shipments by Air, Ranked by Value: US
• Overview
1997
• Effects of consolidation
Table 3: Major users of Express service
- Convergence
Table 4: M&A activities of private equity companies in
- Value Adding
Europe (Transportation & Logistics)
- Pressure grows on medium-sized operators
Table 5: Company Portfolio of key postal operators in
• Consolidation trends in Germany
Europe
• Consolidation trends in the UK market
Table 6: Forecasts of total e-commerce (B2B & B2C) USD
• Major acquisitions in Europe
Billion
• Company portfolio of the key postal operators in
Europe
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: EU 9 - 2006 Segmentation by service level
DEREGULATION AND PRIVATIZATION
Figure 2: EU 9 - 2006 Segmentation by destination of the
• Overview
shipments
• The deregulation procedure
Figure 3: EU 9 -2006 Segmentation by the type of
• The likely effects of postal liberalization
recipients
- Competition and focus on core competence
Figure 4: Generic Porter's five force model
- Services
Figure 5: European Express Value growth 2001-2006 (€
- Prices
million)
• Competition development - parcel and express
Figure 6: Express Industry Main Client Sectors (Europe)
services
Figure 7: Semiconductor billings worldwide
• Switch to advance technology
Figure 8: Growth of B2C market globally ($ Billion)
- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
- GPS satellite technology
- POD tracking
- Alternative tracking systems
- Tracking internet portal

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