Average revenues increased
Good start to 2019 for DPD
DPD Germany could increase its average revenue by more than 7% in the first half of the year. The international DPDgroup also recorded revenue growth of 7.2% to 3.73 billion euros in the first half of the year. The company has also announced further price increases.
The international parcel and express service DPD can be pleased with its good figures for the first half of the year: DPD Germany's revenue grew by 5.9% in the first half of 2019. This was based on significant price increases and the focus on high-margin segments such as international shipping and premium and express services. This resulted in an increase in average revenue of more than 7 percent. In order to increase profitability, DPD Germany deliberately curbed growth and in some cases also terminated contracts with low-margin customers.
"After a challenging 2018, we can look back on a pleasing development in the first half of 2019," explains Boris Winkelmann, CEO of DPD Germany. "We are confident that this positive trend will continue until the end of the year. However, cost pressure and the market environment have by no means eased. Significant price increases will continue to be unavoidable for a healthy market development." DPD also expects the importance of alternatives to doorstep delivery to increase significantly: "In the wake of price increases and the intensified climate protection debate, we are seeing increasing demand for low-cost and environmentally friendly deliveries directly to a parcel store."
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