With the shortage of workers in the logistics industry becoming an issue, there is a growing movement among online retailers to explore new ways of delivery, such as embarking on demonstration experiments to deliberately delay deliveries.
Of these, sites such as Yahoo that deal with daily necessities, such as "LOHACO", generally receive orders and deliver them the next day. We are conducting a demonstration experiment that allows you to choose
The aim is to lead to efficient delivery by distributing packages, and points are given to users who choose late delivery.
In the experiment that has been conducted since the end of August, about half of the users chose late delivery, so the company plans to verify the effect and lead to full-scale introduction.
Song Tingxuan of Yahoo! Shopping said, "Orders tend to be concentrated during the busy season, and the load on delivery companies tends to be concentrated. We want to move forward in a positive direction for the logistics industry, users, and the company."
On the other hand, the Rakuten Group has adopted a mechanism to combine and deliver products purchased at multiple stores on the site, and its use is spreading.
Online retailers have competed for delivery speed up to now, but as the labor shortage in the logistics industry becomes more serious, there is a growing movement to explore new delivery methods.