on line commerce data

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (2005)

As much as 28 percent of all transportation costs occur in the last mile.

Geminus: Poland 2005

54% of online purchasers said secure home delivery was critical to their decision to buy from an online store. 40% said it was critical if buying from an auctions site.

E-Thematics EU: 2005

550 Million Euro per annum would be saved in the EU through a reduction of 50ù in first time delivery failures

Taiwan: Govt report 2006

The most common delivery methods are door-to-door by private courier (48.4%) and convenience store pick-up (30.0%), followed by postal service delivery (11.7%), and direct delivery by the online vendor (8.7%).