Contract logistics is on the verge of a period of sustained growth, due to the paradigm shift in consumer buying that has seen e-commerce sales explode over the past year.

The catalyst was clearly the pandemic and subsequent social lockdowns – according to a new report from McKinsey, e-commerce volumes rose 160% between 2014 and 2019.

McKinsey argues that the surge in e-commerce activity “has driven up demand for omnichannel distribution, which depends on a single inventory-management system to fulfill orders from ...

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