Chinese New Year express shutdown electric business rest vegetables: Daily sales fell 40%

The new year will arrive, The Courier collective "return to the Spring Festival", so that China Express enterprises in this week to enter the "Spring Festival shutdown mode."

Recently, a "2013 Spring Festival Express Holiday Schedule" of the post online crazy turn. Although its accuracy is questionable, but the South Reporter survey learned that at present, "four to one Tatsu" and many other express enterprises of the network has stopped some areas of the receiving business. Starting next week, this range will expand further across the country.

Affected by this, Taobao merchants began to hang High "Shine", and shop 1th after the Beijing-east, Fank, but also apply for self-built express system, to seek self-help to grasp more initiative; But the electricity dealers finally cannot solve the remote area distribution problem.

The countdown to the Express outlets closure

Although the Major express company recently in the official website hanging out the spring Festival operation Plan, but the South are reporter investigation learned that, due to many express enterprises to join the business outlets of the "flash", most of the express companies have been plunged into a half shutdown state.

South reporters to the form of unannounced visits to many express companies, Yun Tatsu Canton business outlets revealed that, January 31, from Guangzhou to the northwest six provinces, Yungui and other remote areas of small pieces stop to pick up, to February 4, Guangdong province, the last day of the collection, before this, some of the contracted outlets to stop the collection in advance. The general rule said that from January 25 onwards, Guangzhou to the provinces of the express has been stopped receiving, the province's business will stop on February 5. Yuantong Canton Network revealed that, from January 24 onwards, sent to Sichuan, Yunnan, provinces, Shandong and other provinces and cities Express package has also stopped receiving, the province's collection business is expected to only February 5.

For the power of the largest distribution business, accounted for more than 40% of the provinces, at present only to stop the sent to Taiwan, Xinjiang, Tibet, Gansu and other places of the express, currently still accept other areas outside Guangdong Province, the province's business. After whether to stop the receipt of orders has not received company notice. However, it is quite consistent with what other express companies say: "We cannot guarantee that the package will be delivered before the Spring Festival." ”

South have learned that the Spring festival during the normal operation of the only EMS, Shun Fung and Zhai rushed to send three to direct operation mode of Express Company. In fact, our courier also walked a part of the new Year, during the Spring festival in addition to some remote county-level cities, provincial and prefecture-level can also achieve basic protection. "said one express business person.

Electricity Business day sales drop 40%

For most of Taobao, cat and other open platforms rely on Third-party logistics business, express shutdown means early notice of the Spring Festival closing information, the use of maintenance orders, the way to delay delivery operations. "Express to holiday, some remote areas are half a month earlier has stopped shipping, even if a single can only be postponed." A Taobao shopkeeper to the south all reporters helplessly said.

"During the spring festival due to the delivery stop delivery, daily sales will be 40% lower than weekdays." "The Cat original brand of the owner of the night that The courier company in February 9-16th holidays, although during the Spring Festival customer service will work normally, but also to wait until the courier company to normal delivery." According to experience, the whole network retailing industry will be affected by small extent.

He said, generally speaking, "double 11" after the sales trough, the end of December to the beginning of January a small peak, this peak is because spring listed, the second is because of the Spring Festival to install new clothes demand. After that, the sales will again enter the trough, until the spring Festival after the normal delivery service recovery.

The vicious circle of express electricity dealer

However, this seems to fall into a vicious circle. The closure of the express industry has affected the sales of electric dealers, and the reduction of the number of electrical business orders led to the express industry firmly "out of business." South all reporters learned that the annual Spring Festival business volume accounted for only 10% of the usual, if business as usual, employees will double the salary treatment. "As we all know, the biggest cost of express companies is labor costs, accounting for up to 40%." "House urgent send President Zheng Ruixiang to South All reporter said, because the pressure is bigger, so the holiday, the peak season are the Express Enterprise core strength test."

Join or mixed business model of Express enterprises and join the network is obviously difficult to withstand such a large artificial pressure. "On the one hand, the spring Festival must be put people home for the new Year." Everyone is a woman with children, otherwise it is too immoral. "a courier business to join the boss to the south of the reporter so said, not to mention the Spring Festival package volume dropped sharply, not to make any money, not as close to two birds."

Each region to join the network once the holiday stop running, the entire net will fall into a half paralysis state. Relatively speaking, direct-mode Express company in this stage of the network control more powerful. But the direct Battalion invests more, the electric business closes the daily average number of orders to be limited, the network operation and the labor cost pressure is steep.

"Express Company 95% is a foreign staff, the Spring Festival have to go home, and" four to one "more for joining or mixed business model, the staff is not binding enough. It is customary for people to be scarce every spring festival. "China Express Consulting network chief consultant Xu said. Local staff and the proportion of direct battalion does not improve, express industry, Spring Festival knock will also occur annually.

Electric dealers seek self-help

"The price of our spring festival has increased by 50%. "Zheng Ruixiang revealed. Shun Fung said that during the spring Festival, the postage is unchanged, but the service charge per single business plus 10 Yuan. Unless something special, this high price scare back a lot of consumers.

To this end, electric business enterprises to seek self-help. South all reporters yesterday from the state post office learned that in January 30, the latest disclosure on the China Railway Express Co., Ltd. 10 companies to apply for Courier Business License audit status of the publicity, Shanghai Yi Real E-commerce Co., Ltd. listed. It is reported that the company is the No. 1th store supermarket investors. However, to this new trend, to the deadline yesterday, no 1th stores have not given the South reporters back.

However, South reporters from the relevant channels learned that January 31, 1th stores have been impatient to implement recruitment, of which Canton Express staff monthly salary of 4001 to 6000 yuan; On the same day, Shanghai Xuhui Station, Song station, and other 8 sites also sent the message of urgent recruit courier, salary for 5000 yuan/month.

"The Electric business enterprise builds The courier system, cannot solve all problems." "A person who does not want to be named," said the head of the electric business Enterprise, the current Beijing-east, where the customer operating areas are core cities, 1th stores are currently applying to Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, Yangzhou, Shenzhen and other fields. Remote areas and two or three-line cities due to the high cost of the network, the electric dealers still rely on Third-party express companies. During the Spring Festival, these express outlets once the holiday, the electrical business is still facing delivery problems.

It is reported that this year, in addition to the Beijing-East and Xun of the two self-built logistics business enterprises in the major cities uninterrupted distribution operations, other families have posted a notice during the Spring Festival to implement part of the outage.

Jing Dong, the head of the south, said the Chinese New year will be to keep Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and other 12 cities, such as the normal operation of the distribution coverage area, other cities in addition to distribution in February 9-February 15 rest 4 days, the Beijing East warehouse in 26 cities will operate normally. "As a result of the cooperation of the third party Express company during the Spring Festival holiday and other reasons, the 12 cities in the receiving address beyond the Beijing-East self distribution range, Jingdong will provide users with online payment methods and postal delivery methods." The owner said.

Tencent's Xun, also said it will be during the new year uninterrupted distribution. But in QQ online shopping on the open platform, many online shop has posted a notice in advance, said that will be based on the time of the express holiday to stop the shipment a week in advance. "Generally speaking, before the Spring Festival is the peak of shopping, most of the sales are in the business and express the release before the holiday." Song, assistant general manager of Tencent Electric Power, said to reporters in the south. And in the past to take the whole year without holiday distribution of all customers, this year will be the first to take the junior to the junior period to stop distribution.

Nancy reporter Ting Airi Cherius intern Cheting