Last-Mile Delivery War Heats Up As Amazon Rivals Multiply

Tus kab mob kis thoob qhov txhia chaw tuaj yeem dhau los nag hmo, thiab chaw nres tsheb yuav ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam nrog cov neeg yuav khoom, tab sis cov khw muag khoom thiab cov tub lag luam tau tso lawv cov thawj koom ruam rau lub caij ntuj sov no ntawm peb lub ru tsev pem hauv ntej. Cov kev pabcuam xa tawm sai, mais kawg yog nthuav tawm raws li cov khw muag khoom - loj thiab tsis loj - sim sib tw nrog Amazon, uas muaj 17-xyoo lub taub hau pib nrog kev tshaj tawm hauv 2005 ntawm nws cov kev pabcuam Prime ob hnub.

Nyeem cov lus tshaj tawm tsis ntev los no, ib tus yuav tsum xav tias thaum twg ntau lab nyiaj tau nqis peev hauv kev tsim kho hauv mais kawg yuav them tawm. Lub teb yog tau txais neeg coob coob thiab technology complex. Kev yooj yim npaum li cas ntau dhau los txhawb nqa? Cov neeg yuav khoom xav tau ceev npaum li cas, thiab lawv puas yuav them rau nws? Lub ntuj puas yuav muaj ib hnub buzzing nrog kev xa khoom drones, lossis cov thev naus laus zis puas yuav ua rau muaj kev phom sij rau pej xeem?

Cov xov xwm pib nrog Walmart, uas nyuam qhuav tso ib qho kev txiav txim nrog ib tug startup American chaw tsim tshuaj paus - Canoo - rau 4,500 hluav taws xob xa vans, nrog rau kev xaiv yuav 10,000 ntxiv. Qhov ntawd yog ib qho deb quaj los ntawm 100,000 electric vans uas Amazon tau xaj los ntawm lwm lub chaw tsim khoom pib, Rivian.

Nws yog qhov tseem ceeb, tsis yog vim Walmart yog lub khw muag khoom loj tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb, tab sis vim tias lub tuam txhab tau tsim tawm nws Walmart GoLocal kev pabcuam, uas muab kev xa mus rau ib mais ntev rau nws tus kheej nrog rau lwm tus tub lag luam, xws li Home Depot thiab Chico's.

Walmart tab tom mus taub hau nrog Amazon, uas nyuam qhuav tshaj tawm nws tau ntxiv cib-thiab-mortar cov khw muag khoom rau nws cov kev pabcuam Prime tib hnub, thiab tau sim ua kom nws loj hlob sai sai rau cov khoom noj khoom haus.

Lub hom phiaj kuj tau nyob ntawm qhov kev txav mus los. Lub tuam txhab qhia lub hli dhau los tias nws tab tom qhib peb qhov chaw xaiv tshiab los tswj e-lag luam xaj, tam sim no kwv yees li 20% ntawm lub tuam txhab muag khoom. Lub Hom Phiaj muaj Nkoj, kev xa khoom pib nws tau txais hauv 2017, nrog rau ob lub tuam txhab logistics software.

Tsis ntev los no, peb tau hnov ​​​​los ntawm Quiet Platforms, kev lag luam logistics ntawm American Eagle Outfitters. Quiet Platforms tshaj tawm nws tab tom tsim lub "plug-thiab-play" xa tawm network rau lwm cov khw muag khoom uas nws hu ua "anti-Amazon."

Muaj ntau dua, tab sis lub ntsiab lus yog tias ntau lub peev nyiaj tau nqis peev rau hauv qhov kev pabcuam uas yuav lossis tsis tuaj yeem ua qhov sib txawv ntawm kev ua lag luam thiab zoo li tsis zoo li yuav ua txhaum cov av tshiab nrog cov neeg siv khoom. Raws li ib qho kev kwv yees luam tawm tsis ntev los no, kev nqis peev hauv kev xa tawm kawg mais hauv North America xav tias yuav loj hlob ze li $ 75 nphom hauv plaub xyoos tom ntej.

Lub caij no, nws tshwm sim rau lub sijhawm uas qhov kev thov rau cov khoom xa tuaj, yam tsawg kawg, yog softening li inflation bites thiab buyers look to save on the delivery fees and tips. Raws li ib tug Associated Press report, Teb Chaws Asmeskas kev siv nyiaj rau cov khoom xa tuaj hauv lub hli ntawm Lub Rau Hli tau nqis 26% los ntawm ob xyoos dhau los, thaum qhov kev thov rau cov khoom noj khoom haus rov qab los ntawm 10.5%.

Ib tug yuav tsum xav, yog cov kua txiv hmab txiv ntoo yuav tsim nyog rau nyem? Kuv xav tias cov neeg siv khoom xav li cas. Leej twg yuav tsis xav paub?