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1. The number of U.S. e-commerce returns has exploded and is expected to reach 70.5 billion US dollars!

According to goTRG data, the return rate of e-commerce in the United States has skyrocketed this year and will increase by 76% year-on-year compared with last year. CBRE predicts that the return of online merchandise this year will reach US$70.5 billion. In addition, CB Richard Ellis said that the next five years will only be used to process returns, which may require up to 400 million square feet of additional warehouse space.

AJ Hernandez, CEO of logistics company SkyPostal, said that, on average, a quarter of the parcels from October to November may be returned. Among them, the probability of clothing and electronic products is even higher. And some returns still have fraud problems. A small number of buyers exchanged the purchased goods on Amazon and then returned them, causing Amazon to lose more than 500,000 US dollars.

2. Japan announced a one-month blockade of entry! There will be delays in logistics.

Recently, Japan has discovered multiple cases of variant new crowns related to the United Kingdom. According to Kyodo News, in order to avoid the importation of mutated new coronaviruses, the Japanese government announced on the 26th that from December 28 to the end of January next year, new entry from all countries and regions will be suspended.

According to this latest regulation, Japanese citizens and foreigners with medium- to long-term “resident status” (temporary residence status) can still enter the country. Except for those from the UK and South Africa who have applied to enter Japan within the last 14 days, people from other countries and regions who have obtained a Japanese visa can still enter. However, from the 28th of this month to the end of January next year, they will all need to be isolated for 14 days after entering the country.

For sellers in Japan to block entry, they are worried about the entry of goods. Some sellers said that Japan’s “closed country” restrictions are only for people and goods are not prohibited from entering the country. However, due to the strengthening of epidemic prevention measures, the time limit for goods in Japan will be effective. Delayed.

3. South American e-commerce orders surged, and the transaction volume of Central and South America in November increased 240% year-on-year!

Xu Shuyue, head of e-commerce at Yiwu MSI Department Store, said, “In September this year, our stores on the international station successively received more than 30 inquiries from Peru, two or three times the previous year.”

Peru is the third largest country in South America and the sixth largest economy in Latin America. Like Brazil, the largest economy in Latin America, Peru’s main export destination and importer are China. Alibaba International Station data shows that since this year, inquiries and transactions from Central and South America have increased significantly. In November, the number of active buyers in Central and South America increased by 80% year-on-year, and transaction volume increased by 240% year-on-year. Affected by the global epidemic, the Latin American market is accelerating the process and trend of onlineization. Orders in Latin America have skyrocketed in cross-border e-commerce, demonstrating the huge appeal of Chinese-made products with high cost performance.

4. New buyers increased by nearly 50%! These categories of Flipkart are in great demand under the epidemic

Flipkart said that with the rise of online shopping during the epidemic, the number of online sellers in 2020 has increased by nearly 35% compared with the same period last year. During the festive period from January to November this year, the number of local buyers also increased by 2.5 times compared to before the epidemic. During the period from January to March this year, the most searched products by Indian consumers included personal care products, menswear, footwear and womenswear. In addition, Flipkart said that video, health products, furniture supplies, toys and audio products are in greatest demand during the lockdown period.

According to foreign media reports, Flipkart’s new buyers increased by nearly 50% after the lockdown was implemented by the epidemic. Between July and September, the number of buyers in cities above the third-tier lockdown level grew the fastest, with an increase of 65%.


Post time: Dec-28-2020