IGTA Journal - Winter 2020/2021

of the year. If now the volumes will come with a good and managable growth, then this should be positive for the result. For 2020 Deutsche Post DHL expects a plus of 15 % in the Parcel business compared to the previous year. Is this growth in the Corona crisis an advance for the growth increases expected only for the future years, so that then the growth curve will continue to be pretty flat ? We assume that we shall have an accelerated penetration and already are at a point, which we otherwise would have attained only in 3 years. Why ? New user groups have discovered the internet for themselves. At the same time existing internet users have discovered how broad the range of products that can be ordered online is, and they have enlarged their online purchasing basket. On the offering side, many smaller or medium sized businesses which before had no internet offer scheme, have invested. Therefore it is to be expected, that they will also in the future use the internet as parallel sales scheme. What does it mean for the Deutsche Post DHL ? We will see normalized growth rates at a certain yet to be defined point in time. Does this mean: Not only do you attain faster your objectives, which you have set up, but you will move in the coming years further ahead, than you had imagined before ? Well, I am an educated physicist ( laughs ). This is now like a leap change in a formula. We have been on a continuous growth path. Now we have made a leap upwards. At some time we shall grow again with a normalized paced, but this from a higher point of start. Deutsche Post DHL Group at a Glance Shareholder Structure, 2020 KfW Banking Group 20,5 % Free Float 79,5 % of which Retail 16,8 % - points Market Capitalisation, as of February 26, 2021 50,9 billion € IGTA eJournal | Winter 2020/21 | 23