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47pc of US online shoppers buy goods from overseas e-retailers
A UPS study has found that 47 per cent of online shoppers in the US purchase goods from international retailers.
The finding has a direct bearing on the integrators that specialise in moving the sort of small packages that make up e-commerce purchases. Combination carriers like AA Cargo are also looking at utilising their bellyhold space to accommodate these new volumes.
"The lines that separate domestic and international retailers continue to disappear," chief commercial officer for UPS, Alan Gershenhorn, was quoted as saying in a report by New York's Air Cargo World.
Cross border e-commerce represents market opportunities for US companies like Amazon.com, which is already establishing logistics hubs on mainland China to accommodate the impending spike in volumes.
Alibaba boss Jack Ma was recently in the United States touting the potential for one million US jobs through US-to-China cross border e-commerce. A recent Stanford Business report stated that US-to-China business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce was a "large and expanding trade corridor, presenting a sizable opportunity for US merchants and logistics providers to expand their business."
According to eMarketer, cross-border e-commerce is forecast to grow at an annual average of 22 per cent between 2015 and 2020. US e-commerce is expected grow by 15 per cent over the same time frame.
The finding has a direct bearing on the integrators that specialise in moving the sort of small packages that make up e-commerce purchases. Combination carriers like AA Cargo are also looking at utilising their bellyhold space to accommodate these new volumes.
"The lines that separate domestic and international retailers continue to disappear," chief commercial officer for UPS, Alan Gershenhorn, was quoted as saying in a report by New York's Air Cargo World.
Cross border e-commerce represents market opportunities for US companies like Amazon.com, which is already establishing logistics hubs on mainland China to accommodate the impending spike in volumes.
Alibaba boss Jack Ma was recently in the United States touting the potential for one million US jobs through US-to-China cross border e-commerce. A recent Stanford Business report stated that US-to-China business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce was a "large and expanding trade corridor, presenting a sizable opportunity for US merchants and logistics providers to expand their business."
According to eMarketer, cross-border e-commerce is forecast to grow at an annual average of 22 per cent between 2015 and 2020. US e-commerce is expected grow by 15 per cent over the same time frame.
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