DPDgroup (legally GeoPost SA) is an international
parcel delivery
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service for sorter compatible parcels based in
Issy les Moulineaux
Issy-les-Moulineaux () is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France, lying on the left bank of the river Seine. Its citizens are called ''Isséens'' in French. It is one of Paris' entrances and is located from Notre-Dame Cathe ...
, France. Until 2015 DPD stood for Dynamic Parcel Distribution. Its brands are DPD, Colissimo,
Chronopost
Chronopost International, a member of the La Poste group, provides express shipping and delivery service both domestically (in France) and internationally.
Domestic services comprise mostly next-day services, with some variation depending on ...
, Seur and BRT. The company is based in
France
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and operates mainly in the express road-based market.
DPDgroup services are available in
Europe
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,
Asia
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,
South Africa
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,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
,
Brazil
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and several other countries in the world, either directly or through partnerships.
DPDgroup is owned by
La Poste,
the international delivery network operated by the French state-owned
postal service
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.
In 2020, DPDgroup delivered 1.9 billion parcels worldwide and achieved revenues of €11 billion.
History
Le Groupe La Poste
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In the 1980s, Le Groupe La Poste originated its express transport activities with the creation of Chronopost in 1985.
In 1999, Le Groupe La Poste created GeoPost to consolidate its express transport and parcel delivery businesses. In the 2000s, GeoPost carried out a series of acquisitions concerning transport operators in various European markets.
GeoPost bought the UK-based Parceline and Ireland's Interlink parcel service in November 2000, for around $277 million. In 2008 it was rebranded as Dynamic Parcel Distribution.
In 2001, GeoPost became the main shareholder of DPD, a company created in 1977 in
Aschaffenburg
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Aschaffenburg belonged to the Archbishopric ...
,
West Germany
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(Deutscher Paketdienst until January 2008, then Dynamic Parcel Distribution). In the same year, GeoPost acquired the British company Parceline which was rebranded DPD in March 2008.
GeoPost then made successive acquisitions:
* In 2004, 40% of Seur Internacional, the number 1 private operator in
Spain
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* In 2006, Exapaq (now DPD France).
* In 2009, Pickup Services, a company specialised in managing pick-up and drop-off points.
* In 2011, 75% of DPD Laser in
South Africa
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and 35% of Lenton in
Hong Kong
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.
* In 2013, 40% of
DTDC
Desk to Desk Courier & Cargo (also known as DTDC or DTDC Express Limited) is an Indian courier delivery services company, headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka.
DTDC handles 12 million shipments every month.
History
In 2012, it acquired a 52 pe ...
, the second largest parcel delivery network in
India
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.
* In 2014, Siódemka, the leading operator in the
Polish
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market.
2015: creation of DPDgroup
In 2015, GeoPost combined its DPD, Chronopost and Seur brands under one umbrella: DPDgroup.
On this occasion, Exapaq became DPD France and the logo of Chronopost was modified to show it was part of DPDgroup.
In 2016, DPDgroup increased its equity investments within the DPD network - including taking 100% control of DPD in Germany - and acquired a 60% stake in JadLog (a Brazilian company).
In 2017, DPDgroup increased its stake in the Seur network to 87%, completed the acquisition of Stuart (a French company) and took a 37.5% stake in BRT (an Italian company).
In 2018, the stake in the SEUR network was increased to 94% and DPDgroup acquired a minority stake in
Ninja Van
Ninja Van is a Singaporean logistics company. Founded in 2014, the company engages in last mile logistics and package delivery. Ninja Van has sorting warehouses across Southeast Asia, in Singapore, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thail ...
, a specialist in the last mile in South-East Asia.
In 2019, DPDgroup became the major shareholder in BRT by increasing its share in the capital to 85%,
[ acquired a majority stake in Lenton, the Asian-based cross-border service provider] and entered into an agreement with the logistics company in the Czech Republic
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and Slovakia
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Geis Parcel.
In 2020, DPDgroup increased its stake to 98% in Jadlog in Brazil
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.
Activities
Types of services
DPDgroup operates in the light-weight parcel delivery market (less than 31.5 kg), which is typically referred to as the “CEP” market (courier, express and parcel).
The CEP market differs from courier services (that do not require a sorting centre) and from freight (that requires several people or equipment to handle the parcels).
DPDgroup operates in the different sub-segments of the CEP market, which are defined according to the following criteria:
* delivery time: DPDgroup operates in the standard or deferred parcel segment (without guaranteed delivery times, which ranges from 24 to 72 hours depending on the destination) and in the express parcel segment (guaranteed next-day delivery in the domestic market, and next-day to two-day delivery for international)
* geographic coverage: DPDgroup is specialised in domestic deliveries in the markets in which it is present (nationwide delivery), and in intra-European deliveries. It is also expanding in the intercontinental market.
* nature of the sender and recipient: DPDgroup covers parcel flows between businesses (BtoB), between consumers (CtoC), from business to consumer (BtoC) and from consumer to business (CtoB)
International presence
DPDgroup mainly operates in Europe, with a direct presence in 24 countries:
* under the DPD brand (in Austria
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, Belarus
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, Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
, Croatia
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, Estonia
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, France
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, Kazakhstan
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, Portugal
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, Germany
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, Hungary
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, Ireland
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, Latvia
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, Lithuania
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, Luxembourg
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, Poland
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, Slovakia
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, Slovenia
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, Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, the Czech Republic
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, the Netherlands
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, the United Kingdom
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, Romania
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)
* under the Chronopost
Chronopost International, a member of the La Poste group, provides express shipping and delivery service both domestically (in France) and internationally.
Domestic services comprise mostly next-day services, with some variation depending on ...
brand (in France
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)
* under the Seur brand (in Spain
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* under the BRT
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brand (Italy
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) where an international heavy shipments service is also offered
The company also operates through stakes in companies (especially Speedy in Bulgaria) or commercial partnerships in other European countries (especially with Nova Poshta
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in Ukraine and with PostNord in the Nordic countries).
Outside of Europe, DPDgroup operates:
* in Kazakhstan
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and Russia
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(under DPD brand)
* in Brazil
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(98% in Jadlog)
* in India
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(43% in DTDC)
* in Turkey
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(25% in Yurtiçi Kargo)
* in South-East Asia
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(36.6% in Ninja Van
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) and in China
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(65% in Lenton)
* in Morocco
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, Burkina Faso
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and Mauritius
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(under the Chronopost brand)
* in Egypt
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(20% in Bosta)
* in South Africa
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(under DPD Laser)
Organization
Management
Since the beginning of 2022, the company has been chaired by Chairman-CEO Yves Delmas, who is also Executive Vice-president of Le Groupe La Poste.
Metrics
Financial data
* Revenues: €11 billion (2020, +42% compared to 2019)
* Operating profit: €800 million (2020)
Operational data
* International: 83% of revenues from outside France (2020)
* BtoC: 55% of the volume (2020)
* BtoB: 45% of the volume (2020)
* Number of parcels delivered worldwide: 1.9 billion (2020)
* 13.9 million parcels handled worldwide on peak day (30 November 2020)
Human resources data
* Staff: 48,000 employees (in full-time equivalent), including 41,000 out of France (in 2020).
Strategy
DPDgroup's strategy is to develop its business in several lines:
* international market, through external growth operations, stakes in companies or commercial partnerships
* BtoC market, support e-commerce
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and develop innovative last-mile solutions: interactive delivery (Predict service), delivery on Saturday (Germany) and Sunday (United Kingdom, Spain and France), delivery by appointment, delivery in parcel shops and lockers with more than 58,000 Pickup points worldwide, or delivery by drone. To do so, DPDgroup set up in April 2019 a hub in Eindhoven (Netherlands), the largest sorting centre in Europe.
* new market segments such as e-commerce food delivery (e.g. Chronopost's Chronofresh service or “Seur Frio” in Spain) or same-day delivery (Spain
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, Portugal
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, France
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, United Kingdom
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, Hungary
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, Poland
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, Estonia
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, Lithuania
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, Latvia
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, Belgium
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and Luxembourg
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) or even delivery within two hours (Germany
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, Spain). In 2017, DPDgroup increased its investment in the urgent courier delivery market with the 100% acquisition of Stuart, a French company that developed a last-mile delivery technology platform for merchants and e-merchants willing to deliver their end-consignees more quickly and accurately. Finally, DPDgroup has started to position itself in the controlled temperature delivery market (transport of sensitive products in the healthcare, pharmaceutical and environmental sectors). The company acquired stakes in Biocair in 2012, BioLogistic (specialised in express delivery for laboratories) in 2016, acquired the Groupe ALP companies in France in 2017 via Chronopost, and finally acquired in 2019 Tipsa in Spain, specialised in the express transport of parcels.
Corporate social responsibility
In 2012, DPDgroup committed itself to carbon-neutral
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deliveries. emissions are gradually being reduced and offset, through support for renewable energy projects in India and Brazil. In 2019, DPDgroup reduced its emissions generated by road transport by 14% per parcel compared to 2013.
Offset of the remaining transport emissions is done by purchasing carbon credits. DPDgroup's investment represents more than 1% of the global voluntary carbon offset
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market in 2019.
For inner-city deliveries, DPDgroup has implemented smart urban delivery initiatives. Since October 2019, Chronopost France has been operating 100% green deliveries in Paris, thanks to low-emission vehicles and urban depots. In autumn 2018, DPD UK's first urban depot opened in London and now 700 electric vehicles are deployed in the United Kingdom, to form the largest UK green livery. The company's green fleet and urban depots are in line with London's Ultra Low Emission Zone standards. Deliveries by alternative vehicles are also operated in Dublin, Hamburg
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, Madrid
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, Tallinn
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and Warsaw
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.
In February 2018, DPD faced widespread criticism in the UK due to the treatment of Don Lane, one of its couriers. Lane had previously been fined £150 by DPD UK for attending a medical appointment to treat his diabetes
Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a high blood sugar level ( hyperglycemia) over a prolonged period of time. Symptoms often include frequent urination, increased thirst and increased ap ...
and ultimately collapsed and died of the condition. According to Lane's widow, he had missed appointments with specialists because he felt under pressure to cover his route. Frank Field MP, Chairman of the House of Commons
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' Work and Pensions Select Committee
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, said "DPD have been told time and again that their punitive regime is totally unjust, particularly as their workers are labelled ‘self-employed’. Such mistreatment of workers smacks of sweated labour from the Victorian era." In March 2018, DPD UK announced that they would be offering all of their UK workers the opportunity to be classed as employees, and that they would abolish the fines for missing work. Plans were announced in March 2018 to create a DPD Driver Code later in the year, and to introduce a "self-employed worker" contract, which will offer drivers an alternative to working as a direct employee of DPD UK or working with the company on a self-employed basis.
In November 2019, DPDgroup launched a Group-wide air quality monitoring programme measuring air quality with sensors on vans and Pickup points. Data are provided for free to cities & citizens.
In October 2020, DPDgroup announced its commitment to deliver 225 of the largest European cities with zero- and low-emission delivery means.
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