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DHL courier in Erfurt: A lot of work expected after Easter
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According to DHL, demand for parcels increases significantly during Easter. Germany's largest parcel service provider DHL announced in Bonn on Friday that around nine million parcels were expected on the Tuesday after Easter. That would be 0.6 million more than a year earlier.
According to its own information, the logistics company normally only delivers around 6.3 million parcels per day, but now it could be almost 50 percent more. The packages ordered in the days before Easter often contain gardening supplies and small decorative items.
“E-commerce continues to boom and a particularly large number of people order online during the Easter period,” says DHL manager Marc Hitschfeld. With a view to the foreseeable parcel volumes, he adds that the staffing is well positioned.
mik/dpa