Düsseldorf is the independent state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia with 621,877 inhabitants. It is part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region with around ten million inhabitants and is the seventh largest city in Germany.
Düsseldorf is a city with a high quality of life that attracts millions of visitors every year (2019: 5 million according to statista.de), inviting them to take a stroll along the Rhine promenade, visit one of the many art museums or go shopping on Königsallee – the famous shopping street.
However, the city is more than a tourist magnet. Düsseldorf is known for its variety of fashion and art stores and has an abundance of publicly traded companies within its city limits. The who’s who of top international brands is here.
In the coming sections, we outline the city’s economic and industrial landscape. Show an example of what fulfillment services can look like with VONEXIO and companies in and around Düsseldorf.
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As a fulfillment service provider in the Düsseldorf area, VONEXIO offers its customers customized logistics concepts for every industry. Since Düsseldorf has a broad fashion and beauty sector, we would like to use the example of a fictitious fashion label to show you what makes the work of a fulfillment provider so valuable:
The young and dynamic high-fashion fashion label “ZKNFT”, sells its goods via online store, Instagram and in a small boutique in Düsseldorf’s Carlstadt. Since the beginning of their involvement in the textile industry, sales figures have risen steadily – warehouse capacity utilization is almost at one hundred percent. Urgent action is needed.
The team of “ZKNFT” is solution-oriented and after an intensive research, they decide to not building their own warehouse and instead use the fulfillment service provider VONEXIO. This is because it offers the label complete outsourcing of order processing as well as an individual and high-quality service, that impresses with logistics know-how and years of experience in the fulfillment sector.
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The following points convinced the fashion label to cooperate with VONEXIO:
After setting up the ERP system and storing the goods at the warehouse of the fulfillment provider, the fashion label can concentrate on its core business, push the growth of the brand, advance product development and enjoy VONEXIO’s convincing overall concept.
The metropolis on the Rhine has an industrial character and gave the city an enormous growth spurt in the 19th century. One of the best-known corporations – Henkel AG – has been producing in Düsseldorf since 1896 and together with Düsseldorf Airport and Rheinmetall AG, its one of the largest and best-known employers.
With the industrial boom, Düsseldorf has developed into a vibrant, international and economically strong metropolis. The gross domestic product was about 50,000 in 2018, which is the second highest in NRW.
The excellent global network makes the city a popular address for investors from abroad. Figures from the management consultancy Ernest and Young from 2016 show that Düsseldorf ranks second for foreign direct investment in Germany – just behind Munich.
In addition to investors, the city attracts many start-ups, management consultants and advertising companies. The industry leader among cities in advertising, patenting and telecommunications, is also known as a trade fair location.
More than 50 different trade fairs are held here every year. With Drupa, a trade fair for print media, BOOT and K – a plastics trade fair – the city of Düsseldorf is the host to three of the five largest trade fairs in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
In summary, Düsseldorf is an ideal location for national and international companies. The central location in the heart of North Rhine-Westphalia, the good infrastructural connections and also the high rate of company start-ups make the city a “place-to-be” for logistics and fulfillment service providers.
After all, it is precisely here that there is a brisk flow of goods that must be structured and handled.
Are you a regionally based business looking for a reliable fulfillment service, contact us – we look forward to new challenges.