EMS capitalizing on e-commerce popularity

e-commerce, along with the internet as a whole, has ascended to unprecedented levels of influence on our global society, and has inspired huge growth in cross-border deliveries. 

EMS is ideally positioned to meet the needs of e-commerce customers through its ability to utilize postal networks to reach any person in the world. The birth of e-commerce can be traced back to 1994, where the idea of shopping miles away from home became a reality. In fact, the very first e-commerce transaction used the United States Postal Service’s network for transit and delivery.

Today, as we look forward to the year ahead, the landscape of e-commerce and online shopping continues to grow at a pace that seemingly gets faster by the day. Now customers can choose to shop online from thousands, and in some world regions, millions of online e-commerce platforms. Online shopping requires a reliable and stable delivery network, many online e-commerce sites are able to serve their customers through international postal networks.

The top five e-commerce markets in 2021 were China, United States, United Kingdom, Japan and South Korea according to a new report from eCommerce Nation, which also highlights the top five’s most successful online shopping platforms. To illustrate the scale e-commerce impact, according to this report, China's e-commerce market was worth more USD 2,779.31 billion.

Many EMS operators are already working with online with online retailers, especially as their influence on consumer buying continues to rise. Work continues to ensure that EMS is positioned as a viable shipping solution amongst other postal and competitor offerings to serve the ever-growing customer base in online retail.