Startup combines e-shops with logistics

In just four months, Michalis Karypidis managed to combine electronic commerce with logistics, as he observed that amid the coronavirus pandemic, consumers want get their hands on their online orders as soon as possible.

"During the first lockdown I realized that some enterprises were unable to support the huge volume of orders as they didn't have the logistics infrastructure required. This period was the catalyst for me to create my own company," Karypidis tells Kathimerini.

After 12 years of experience in e-commerce and the logistics sector, he decided to leave the Convert Group and implement his own business idea. In August, Karypidis founded eCommerce Logistics, which offers a service encompassing the storage, collection and management of online orders through its facilities in Eastern Attica.

He is supported in this venture by Convert Group founder and...