"Apple's strategy of premium products and lean logistics is proving hugely profitable," Mawston writes in the report.
He argues that this was the motivation behind Ozon's purchase of Sapato, Russia's Zappos, in February 2012: to be able to distribute more profitable products over Ozon's own logistics infrastructure.
FarEye, which Nahata said has been "profitable since day one," can help its logistics and commerce customers with warehousing, first mile pickups, on-demand and hyperlocal logistics, last-mile and more.
EBay declined to say whether it loses money on the orders, but analysts who study logistics say it is not profitable.
Its business model was a seductive "no logistics" exchange that was insanely profitable.
Besides, the Italian logistics market is seen a profitable investment area for MNE coming from USA, Middle East and other countries.
Enter "structural reform," a broad label for any change in laws, regulations, policies, institutions, and logistics that makes investing more attractive and more profitable--whatever the level of interest rates.
Its forerunner, Qualcomms OmniTracs division, which makes a logistics tracking software used by the long haul trucker industry, has been profitable since the early 1990s.
Logistics are just logistics.
