Hermes provides international logistics services to the retail industry. Headquartered in Hamburg, it is a subsidiary of the Otto Group. The company is a leading specialist for retail-related services and partners numerous distance sellers in Germany and abroad. Hermes provides a wide range of services: transport, fulfilment, home deliveries, 2-man handling and global e-commerce services. Hermes employs 18,255 people worldwide and is present in the most important European e-commerce markets with its own parcel companies. In the 2020/21 financial year, the Hermes Group increased its revenue to 2.54 billion euros. In the past financial year, Advent International acquired 25 percent of the shares in Hermes Germany and 75 percent of the shares in Hermes Parcelnet in the UK.
