August mid-June, by Lenovo holding vice president, gain supply chain chairman and general manager Zhang bin personally led the trial operation of Shanghai increased Logistics Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as gain courier), opened a low-key group of Lenovo to enter the express industry screen.
Yesterday (September 26), The daily economic news reporter learned from people familiar with the matter, the desire to build a "nationwide" express network of Lenovo Holdings through the "gain courier", May reorganization of the Guangdong full-time pass is only the first step in the layout of South China. Since then, gain courier again in July acquired Xuzhou Hao Sheng Logistics, August holding Beijing Feida, September, the latest in Shandong D-Express revenue under the command.
On the above news, gain courier public relations director yesterday to the daily economic news reporter said, temporarily can not be official response and confirmation. However, the reporter noted that the full day, the official website of Feida has been confirmed.
Gain Courier's official website shows that the company was founded in June 2013 by Lenovo holding member Enterprises gain supply chain investment.
Specific planning remains mysterious
The reporter discovered yesterday, the Beijing Feida official website already in September 9 officially "gains express North" the name hangs out the investment announcement, announced has succeeded and the Lenovo holding joint investment to form the gain courier network. The whole day rule was renamed "Gain-Day Pass" earlier. However, as the gains express and Lenovo Holdings remain silent, its specific development plans and implementation details are still shrouded in mystery.
According to the people familiar with the situation yesterday, gain courier market positioning or will be between the "tee one" and shun Fung between the end of the customer, and the future intends to "warehousing + International Business" closer.
From the actual situation of mergers and acquisitions of the four platforms, All Nippon, Feida and D-Speed Express are more traditional and pure courier companies, in their respective regions are small reputation.
Hao Sheng Logistics Although the establishment of time is not long (established in 2006), but according to its official website shows, now also has more than 350 vehicles, office operation site 30,000 square meters, specializing in Jiang, Zhejiang, Shanghai network freight line and north, on, wide and other places Taobao special line, and for the major enterprises and institutions to provide warehousing landing distribution business.
Gain Courier's official website shows that the company's vision is to "take root in the Express industry", "to shape a new courier with traditional courier logistics Public service platform," become "the next generation of courier industry leader in E-commerce."
The person also said that since May, after the reorganization of the full-time, the gain courier has invested about 170 million yuan for network development.
Management team from the Express industry
Set up less than two months to start the test operation of the gain courier, has attracted widespread concern in the industry, the company may lack of the initial stage of express delivery in the field of more top-notch and has a national experience in the trader.
According to the people briefed on the daily economic news yesterday, in the gain-courier core management level, Zhang Bin as chairman of the main responsibility for the overall strategy and planning, the company's president by Lenovo Holding Supply Chain Co., Ltd. deputy general manager Giove.
In addition, the original founders of the four network platforms under their own income are said to have been tasked with directly in their existing platform based on the gain courier in South China, east China, north China and Shandong region, they are full-time Tong Chan, Hao Sheng network Ju Yongwei, Feida Hua and D-Speed Express Chai Haitao.
Obviously, the above gain courier executive background, so that Lenovo can so fast into the smoke of the express industry, no longer seems so confusing, but also more emboldened. The daily economic news reporter yesterday at the same time in the practice of the latest learned that did gain courier operations and management of the President for Giove, its early in 1998 to join the Express industry, was founded in Liaoning, an international logistics company, the company is also the International express giant TNT in Shenyang region's exclusive operator.
However, ultimately how to integrate the four original independent network, digestion of this diversified mergers and acquisitions, but also the current gain courier must face the challenges, including the express industry itself is experiencing the white-hot competition.
In this regard, the industry said, although one of the core competitiveness of Express is still behind the capital competition, but "three-point" is clearly no shortage of money, and they are beginning to have their own listing plans and intentions, the entry of capital is increasingly critical and cautious. Capital wants to enter the bureau, more can only two or three Echelon Express company mainly, and very difficult to have the master control right, this also became the Lenovo holding finally chooses the multiplex merger, the establishment own express company's important factor.
More insiders believe that no matter whether the final fate of the gain courier smoothly, whether successful or not, will become a classic case of express industry.