Supply Chain by the Numbers
 

-October 4, 2007

 
     
 

The Numbers Worth Knowing this Week in Supply Chain and Logistics

 
     
  This Week: A Picture is Worth Thousands; Procter & Gamble's Sales through Wal-Mart Decline; Packaged Software Ties Up IT Budgets; UPS Retains Lion's Share of Express Shipment Market  
     
 
 
 

20%

The percent of revenue for on-line photo processor Shutterfly.com that comes from shipping charges, according to a story in the Wall Street Journal. It is believed to be a significant source of profits. As a comparison, Amazon.com’s shipping revenues are 5.3% of sales, and lose money for the retailer.

 
 
 
3%

The decline in total revenue percentage that Procter & Gamble now gets from sales through Wal-Mart, currently at 15%, versus the 18% of sales Wal-Mart represented in 2003 for the consumer package giant.

 
 
60%

The amount of their total 2008 IT budgets that retailers on average will spend acquiring, implementing and supporting packaged software applications, according to the annual IT budget study performed by NRF and AMR Research. 

 
 
 
 
63.2%

Bear Stearns’ current estimate of UPS’s share of the Express Shipment market in the US in 2007, down slightly from 63.8% in 2006.

 
 
 
 
     
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