GLS Denmark, the second-largest parcel provider in the country, recorded a strong increase inshipping volumes for the second year in a row and expects further growth with investments in its
operational network and IT.During the financial year 2011/12, GLS Denmark increased its parcel volumes by 15% across allproduct lines. Nationwide shipping and the export sector developed well but parcel delivery toconsumers (B2C) as part of the internet trade emerged as the strongest growth segment for the firsttime.
GLS offers a tailored shipping solution for the e-business, with products ordered onlinedelivered directly to one of the 750 GLS parcel shops in Denmark. Consumers can choose a shop andpick up their parcel from there at the most convenient time for them.
Karsten Klitmøller, General Manager, GLS Denmark, explained: “The ShopDelivery service is verypopular.” The number of retailers shipping goods through this service rose during the financialyear 2011/12 by 70%, a higher growth level than in previous years.
Klitmøller believes GLS Denmark is on the right track in terms of the company’s overalldevelopment. “With targeted investments in our network, in more efficient processes and appropriatesolutions, we ensure high quality services – both for shipping to companies as well as to privatecustomers,” Klitmøller said.
In 2011, GLS doubled the sorting capacity of its depot in Aarhus for the second time. In thenext step, around DKK 14 million (€1.9 million) will be invested in an additional facility at theregional hub in Copenhagen, which will become operational in 2013, with the capacity expected toincrease by 50%.
Last year, GLS Denmark introduced a new, uniform IT and technology system for almost allprocesses in its daily operations. Currently, the company is implementing a new IT component forlong-distance traffic.
