Online shopping popular logistics expansion along the way smart cabinet should be born 24 hours pick and service industry
In recent years, the rapid growth of online shopping market in Hong Kong, the rapid expansion of logistics demand synchronization, in order to cope with the needs of different parts of the market, recently available 24-hour self-picking smart cabinet mushroomed. The way the smart cabinet responsible person Yicheng said, do not worry about market competition, I believe that the scale of Hong Kong’s logistics market can be bigger and bigger, this year’s goal is to increase its smart cabinet to more than 500. Reporter Liu Jinghua
Consolidated market analysis data, 2016 Hong Kong e-commerce market turnover of more than 34 billion yuan, but the market penetration rate of only 56%, still far below the developed countries between 70% to 80% level, which means the market potential huge growth space.
District Yicheng said that the Hong Kong online shopping market in recent years to maintain double-digit growth in the market demand for a corresponding increase in logistics, logistics suppliers to increase the incentive to increase the channel, while some logistics suppliers, the delivery of industrial and commercial areas continued Increase, there is also the need for diversion, to promote the emergence of smart cabinet services.
By the way, the smart cabinet was the company of Hong Kong, which started to expand the smart cabinet market in Hong Kong since the beginning of last year. More than 270 self-service smart cabinets have been set up in Hong Kong. District Yi Cheng, the way the smart cabinet market positioning to provide cost-effective delivery of the last mile service, not only for SF Express to provide a pickup channel, while the service is also open to the logistics industry to share resources, bigger A cake.
Electricity providers can pass the cost to consumers
In addition to the logistics industry, there are electricity providers, according to the survey data, the current small and medium-sized electricity business in Hong Kong between 20,000 to 30,000, many part-time operation, the Time and flexibility of the logistics services have a certain demand, such businesses as long as the application for the company’s monthly customer, and complete the application for delivery authority, at any time directly to the goods in the smart cabinet, the smart cabinet will be provided by the business Information automatically send text messages prompt consumers to take their own, so that electricity providers can provide consumers with a 24-hour self-pick-up program.
Consumers for the company’s third category target customers, District Yicheng said that the current courier to non-industrial and commercial areas and remote areas, or select the convenience store receipt, consumers generally have to pay additional fees, and choose to smart cabinet as a receipt The geographical location of the smart cabinets is mainly located in densely populated residential areas, accounting for about 70%, the remaining in the industrial and commercial areas; the area has been all over Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories, even the Islands Such as Cheung Chau and Mui Wo also set.
In addition, the company’s smart cabinet can also be used as a billboard revenue, District Yi Cheng said, depending on the choice of smart cabinet location, advertising size, and the length of time are different, the minimum charge from more than 1000 yuan The
Increased by more than 500 at the end of the year
The number of smart cabinets will continue to increase by more than 500 at the end of this year, and will also depend on the actual utilization rate and increase the combination of large and small smart cabinets. The overall smart cabinet market in Hong Kong is still relatively high, with more than 50%. In addition, the company also plans to join the third and fourth quarter in the smart cabinet with the mobile phone App used to send the service.