Courier firms in China expand into warehousing

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Few in the Asian freight business aren’t attracted by the potential of China’s e-commerce business. But the retailers themselves are now interested in logistics too. Companies such as Ali Baba – China’s answer to Amazon – are launching express companies, according to this article, while courier firms are moving into the warehousing business to provide third-party services to e-tailers.