1、2025 Retail&logistics trends:Half-year check-inReportThe future of delivery:Key trends shaping 20262Table of contents2026 Delivery trends.5Core infrastructure AI&autonomous decision-making.9Predictive analytics,control towers&end-to-end digital twins.13Platformization&API ecosystems.18Customer-facin
2、g Delivery choice&customer-centric fulfilment .24Last-mile innovation&urban logistics.28Resilience&sustainabilitySupply chain resilience&targeted nearshoring.32Electrification&green fleet transition.36Operational excellence Warehouse robotics&operational twins.41Regulatory backbone&data.46 Market ev
3、olution Evolution of retail and customer demand.51Conclusion.56References.58IntroExecutive summary.33IntroExecutive summaryBy 2026,logistics across Europe is no longer treated as“back-end plumbing.”It has emerged as a decisive battleground,shaping who wins in e-commerce,retail,and B2B distribution.A
4、cross the region,five forces converge:1.Customers expect choice,reliability,transparency,and greener options at checkout,and punish brands that fail to deliver.2.Regulatory backbone&data.EU climate,transport,tariffs and digital regulations hard-wire low-carbon,data-rich operations into logistics.3.R
5、esilience has overtaken unit cost as the new design principle for modern supply chains.4.Automation,AI,APIs,and platforms are shifting logistics from manual firefighting to orchestrated,data-driven networks.5.Carriers,shippers,platforms,and tech providers are locking into shared ecosystems rather th
6、an isolated stacks.4IntroThis report outlines ten interconnected trends shaping that landscape for 2026 and beyond,with a European lens.Together,they describe a future of delivery that is multi-carrier and option rich,where shoppers expect tailored delivery and returns,while networks flex across man