FedEx Express has reached a significant milestone in its Europeangrowth programme – which has involved business expansion andacquisitions and started in October 2011 – by opening its 100th newstation in Seville, southern Spain. Reaching this milestone meansthat FedEx opened the equivalent of nearly one new station per weekover the last 30 months.
As a result of the FedEx growth programme, over 3,600 teammembers have been added across Europe and intra-country serviceshave been rolled out in 13 countries. The landmark announcementcomes as FedEx unveils phase two of its business plan forEurope.
David Binks, FedEx Express President EMEA, said: "Over a hundrednew stations added across Europe means more local expertise, morelocal access to global markets and more business solutions. We’veaccomplished our mission to lay the foundations for our growthprogramme. Now it's time to take our business to the nextlevel."
A New Chapter Announced
FedEx Express has launched the second phase of its Europeangrowth programme – to go beyond physical infrastructure investmentsand focus on optimising all the capabilities that are now inplace.
Binks continued: “FedEx has been innovating and capitalising onmarket trends for over 40 years – it’s in our DNA. With animproving European outlook, our expanded network and newcapabilities, we are in an ideal position to provide more solutionsfor our customers, backed by the renowned FedEx commitment toquality and customer experience. Ultimately, we want FedEx in aposition of trust with our customers – where we move beyondservices and into solutions to help them realise their own businessaspirations.”
FedEx customers in Europe are benefiting from more localisedconnections to 90 per cent of the world’s GDP within just one totwo business days. As with all other FedEx stations alreadyoperating in Europe, this expansion gives businesses across Europeaccess to a wide range of services, including FedEx Expressnext-business-day deliveries to and from Europe or in two days formain intercontinental destinations (FedEx International Priority®)as well as economy services at competitive rates to Europe, NorthAmerica, Latin America or Asia (FedEx International Economy®).Coupled with the new intra-country services, FedEx is offering aone stop shop for businesses to effectively reach both local andinternational markets.
This landmark in the FedEx growth programme comes as current dataindicate that Europe’s economy is showing positive signs ofrecovery in the aftermath of the financial crisis. According toforecasts from the European Commission, GDP will expand by 1.5% in2014 and by 2.0% in 2015 across the EU 28. In the final threemonths of 2013, the eurozone economy grew by 0.3% – up from 0.1%growth in the previous quarter (Eurostat).