Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd., a major courier company, posted a final profit of 56.7 billion yen in last year's financial results, which is 2.5 times that of the previous year, due to an increase in online mail-order courier services due to so-called "nest-filled consumption" due to the influence of the new coronavirus. ..
According to the announcement by Yamato Holdigs, the group's financial results for the year up to last month were:
▼ Sales increased by 4% from the previous year to 1,695.8 billion yen, and
▼ Final profit increased 2.5 times to 56.7 billion yen. It was.
The main reason for this is that the number of online mail-order parcel delivery services has increased due to an increase in "nest-filled consumption" in which people who refrain from going out purchase products used at home due to the influence of the new coronavirus.
Last year, we handled more than 2 billion packages, the largest number ever.
The company expects that the number of parcel delivery services will increase due to the expansion of online shopping, and plans to install parcel delivery lockers at stations and convenience stores to reduce the burden on drivers.
In addition, Nippon Express also saw a final profit of 56.1 billion yen in the financial results of the entire group last year due to an increase in online shopping, which was 3.2 times the previous year.