Express industry price surge small shop injured consumers "pay"

The price of oil rises, the price of logistics is the brunt. It is understood that due to the impact of oil prices, staff wages and other factors, the Pettibone logistics from the end of February, the first increase in fees, the current other express companies are also beginning to "stir", shun Fung Express intends to start from March 7 to more than 10 cities of non-central residential customers add 3 yuan per ticket of residential service charges.

One side is affected by the cost of the constant price of the logistics "channel", the other side is beginning to hurt the small shop, but the estimated cost of these prices, and finally hit the price of goods by consumers "pay".

Market

Shun Fung first opened the "take-piece fee" "Free pickup" era is gone forever

Yesterday afternoon, Jinan University turnover Building B building under the express point, Rhyme Tatsu, Qualcomm, excellent network several courier company's employees are sorting items, from time to time a few students come to take pieces, for the nearby students as the representative of the "Otaku curtilage women", the use of the network to enjoy convenient online shopping has become a part of life.

For "pick-up fee" issued, Rhyme Tatsu Courier company surnamed Cai's salesman said Guangzhou has not heard to implement. He said, now a lot of express companies are in the price increase, in general, more than 1 yuan per vote than before, but the current rhyme Tatsu Express Company has not increased prices, with the original price, "but we are considering an upward adjustment."

By contrast, the price of China-Qualcomm express the situation is obvious. Qualcomm Express a salesman said that since last year, express prices to increase, but the specific increase in the range of goods according to the direction and weight. According to the introduction, the recent Guangzhou city to transport the "start price" has not changed, maintain a price of 8 yuan/kg, but the renewal from the original 1.2 yuan/kg up to the current 2 yuan/kg, and to other provinces, according to the distance between the near and far, each kilogram of the starting rate of the increase of 2-5 yuan, For example, to the Inner Mongolia starting from 20 yuan rose to 25 yuan, the renewal price also generally rose 1-2 yuan/kg.

From March 7 onwards, Shun Fung will be in some of the city door-to-door collection services trial charging residential services. If the address is located in the company's designated residential toll area, and for casual customers, urban parts, suburban parts, the province must be a 3 yuan per vote for the residential service charge, and by sending customers to pay the service fee alone. It is understood that the city will be tested in Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Huizhou, Wuxi, Tianjin, Beijing, Chengdu and other 16 cities in part of the region.

According to China's domestic courier consulting Network, the chief consultant Xu introduced, "pick-up fee" targeted mostly remote or scattered single customers, so take pieces often need to spend a lot of time, at the same time cumbersome procedures.

At present, this phenomenon only performance for the time being "individual phenomenon", Yuantong, Shentong, Zhong Tong, home urgent send Express company said will not follow up. But there are consumers worried, "just make a phone call, there will be courier free door-to-door pick-up, such free service may be gone forever."

Factorial

Transportation and manpower cost pressure in the price of "sure to Rise"

When asked about the current courier will implement the reasons for the fee, Cai's salesman reluctantly said, is currently mainly affected by the price of oil and human costs, "you see how much diesel fuel now?" We send express mostly by car, now diesel is so expensive, express prices must rise AH! ”

In late February, the German state logistics of a "customer book" announced the increase in freight. The company from February 25 onwards, the national steam price of the largest increase of 6%, from the first-tier cities to the first-tier cities, the average freight per kilogram rose 8 cents.

It is understood that the current domestic 1500 kilometers within the express almost all by road to transport. Generally speaking, the cost of fuel occupies about 1/5 of the operating cost of the logistics transport industry, and since 0 o'clock February 20, the price of petrol and diesel sales increased by 350 yuan per ton, and the national average of 90th gasoline and No. 0 diesel oil per litre increased by 0.26 yuan and 0.3 yuan respectively. This directly forced the courier to go to the "price hike" edge.

In addition to transport costs, another can not be overlooked is the increase in labor costs of the industry. Industry insiders said that four or five years ago, the domestic express industry's overall profit of about 35%, and now because of the fierce competition between small and medium-sized companies, the industry's profits only maintained at 15%, some even lower. Because the biggest cost of courier companies from the labor costs, followed by the transport costs, therefore, all over the outbreak of the "labor shortage" to push up the labor costs of the express industry, so that the courier industry to adjust fees.

Industry insiders expect that inflation pressure, recruitment difficulties, such as the impact of pressure is expected this year will be a small increase in courier prices, or between 10% to 20%.

For the phenomenon of rising courier fees, a net called "Pisces Wooden Wood" that: the increase in the cost of oil and human costs should not be the cost of the consumer "pay", because consumers have to the logistics industry as a whole low efficiency has paid a huge price, therefore, the increase in logistics costs must be from the Logistics network optimization, Improve the efficiency of digestion.

Influence

Big Shop has signed a long term agreement small shop digestion cost can only increase price

According to industry insiders, express prices for some large companies are not much impact, because large companies are basically and express companies signed a longer agreement. In addition, due to the cost of freight accounted for very little, express the rise of consumers to buy large items of small impact. For example, a Sony A845 camera online sales of 1800 yuan, but in the real store at the current price of 1999 yuan, express prices a few dollars to the consumer's desire to buy a small impact.

However, for small and medium-sized enterprises and shopkeepers, express every move is related to their business situation. As a result of the price hike, a name "Every day sky blue" shop business on a lot of bad, "this period of time total is probably less than 20% buyers, originally everyone online shopping is a cheap, but now with the rising price of courier fees, save much money."

In the face of this situation, small shop owners often through a variety of ways to express the cost of goods into the commodity price. According to the "Day Sky Blue" shop's small boss revealed that although some business courier fees still write "with the City 5, provinces 10", "but the express rose, I can only calculate the cost in the profit, improve sales price, let buyers to pay, this phenomenon in the online shopping is very common." It seems that the price of the express delivery industry was finally digested by consumers.

Xiao Wang of Jinan University used to buy small items online. For example, blindfold, books, computer gadgets and so on, but later he found, buy a blindfold spend 4 yuan, but the courier fee is 10 yuan, for a thing cut freight is not cost-effective, so gradually reduce the number of "shot". Xiao Wang said, now or see a few items to buy together, or to find classmates together, "everyone in the same shop fancy things, together sent only calculate a start price." If you can't get together, just consider the kind of goods that are covered. ”

According to the IRIS survey data show that users in the purchase of different price segments, the demand for courier costs are different, the purchase of Low-cost goods, the distribution costs are very sensitive to purchase high-priced goods, the quality of the distribution more attention. Therefore, the express costs rise, the impact is the main Taobao Consumer-to-consumer platform for small and medium-sized shop.

Depth

E-commerce companies involved in logistics costs pour into private courier to survive

In recent years, e-commerce sites have sprung up. It is understood that the country has 1200多万家 shop, more than 140 million online users, which provides the Chinese express industry a huge "driving force", and the sales volume of the Express industry also annual growth rate of two digits.

In E-commerce began more and more, the more do the larger, coupled with the second kill, buy the network shopping business peak to express capacity and logistics service capabilities of the challenge, E-commerce, some "big guy" also began to try to intervene in the field of logistics. Not long ago, Alibaba Group announced its logistics strategy, with partners to invest 20 billion to 30 billion yuan, and gradually set up a three-dimensional warehousing logistics system in order to compete for food logistics this huge profit "cake."

The internal cost of the rising "pear", the external E-commerce company's "Gongchenglvede", the domestic express industry's living environment began to be challenged. For the source of profits, the industry said that the express industry generally rely on the main collection of profits, and the allocation of profits almost no, coupled with some local small and medium-sized enterprises to join the cost of the company's books look "easy to understand."

Guangdong Port Tatsu Logistics Co., Ltd. General manager Deng Yachun introduced, at present, express industry operation mode is mainly divided into two kinds, generally speaking, regardless of the "pick-up fee", the collection is paid services. But the pie is divided into two different ways according to the company: Free send and paid send, like "Four Tong a" (Shen Tong Express, Yuantong Courier, in-Pass Express, Huitong Express, Rhyme Tatsu Express) that is free delivery, but the Hong Kong can reach has been insisting on paid services, Deng Yachun that paid to send pieces is the company's benign development.

But for the electronic commerce and the logistics channel each other "intervenes" the situation, Guangdong Logistics Industry Association executive Vice President, Secretary General Ma Renhong told the view is "let the most professional people do the most professional things", there is no need to engage in E-commerce are their own logistics, which sometimes even cause "waste of resources."