The substantial growth in number of Chinese consumers shopping online is one of the key factors that has led to market growth in the last five years. With Internet retailing gaining a strong foothold in both urban and rural areas of the country, it becomes imperative for vendors to invest in efficient delivery services, which includes warehousing and storage. Companies such as Alibaba Group Holding and JD.com are stepping up supply facilities and investing in warehouses and storage businesses, which has also been a driving factor for the warehouse and storage market in the region.Lack of modern warehouse and storage facilities such as automated sorters,automated storage and retrieval systems, and automated guided vehicles is still impacting the growth rate of the warehouse and storage industry in China. Also, the storage of vaccines and pharmaceuticals by ill-equipped or untrained service providers has been a constraint to the market.Joint ventures and acquisitions in the industry have helped in scaling space volumes and utilization of technologies, but the processes involved in warehouse management are yet to be standardized and optimized.

PART 01: Executive summary 5

Highlights 5

PART 02: Scope of the report 6

Market overview 6

PART 03: Market research methodology 9

Research methodology 9

Economic indicators 9

PART 04: Introduction 10

Key market highlights 10

PART 05: Market landscape 11

Warehousing and storage market in China: An

overview 11

Five forces analysis 14

PART 06: Market segmentation by application 15

Warehousing and storage market in China by

application 15

Refrigerated warehousing and storage market in

China 15

Retail warehousing and storage market in China 17

Other warehousing and storage market in China 18

PART 07: Market growth drivers 19

Increase in demand due to growth of e-commerce 19

Rise in number of cold chain storage units 19

Emergence of new segments such as reverse logistics 19

Increase in presence of third-party logistics providers 20

PART 08: Impact of drivers 21

PART 09: Market challenges 22

Increase in rent for warehouse and storage space 22

Lack of modern facilities in cold storage units 22

Scarcity of qualified logistic personnel 23

Payback period in warehouse investment 23

PART 10: Impact of drivers and challenges 24

PART 11: Market trends 25

Rise of multi-storeyed warehouses 25

Increase in number of self-operated warehouses 25

Growing use of robotic operations in warehouse and

storage units 26

Joint ventures in warehouse and storage market 27

PART 12: Vendor landscape 28

Competitive scenario 28

Americold Logistics 32

Agility Logistics 34

CEVA Holdings 39

DB Schenker 43

Deutsche Post DHL 47

GLP 51

John Swire & Sons 54

Preferred Freezer Services 57

UPS 58

PART 13: Appendix 62

List of abbreviations 62

PART 14: Explore Technavio 63