Wildberries will launch partner hubs for storing and shipping goods
The Russian marketplace Wildberries plans to launch a network of “partner hubs” for storing goods as part of its support for sellers and owners of order pickup locations.
Entrepreneurs who own or rent premises will be able to apply to participate in the project. Once approved, they will receive compensation for receiving, storing, processing, and shipping goods from Wildberries sellers.
The new hubs will handle the receipt of products, their picking, and delivery to sorting centers. The company states that this should speed up order delivery to customers and create an additional source of income for partners.
This is reported by Russian propaganda media outlets.
Russia is seeking to use Russian Post warehouses for Wildberries due to drone attacks.
As a reminder, drones attacked the Wildberries logistics complex in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. The city is located more than 1,700 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
Following a series of strikes on Wildberries’ logistics centers, owners of order pickup points began losing customers and revenue. In some regions, their revenue in July fell by 15–20% year-over-year, and on peak days, the decline reached 30–40%. Market representatives warn that some of the pickup points may become unprofitable, and by the end of the year, about 15% of them may close.
On the night of August 5, drones attacked the Wildberries logistics complex in Aleksin, Tula Oblast, Russia. The strike hit the company’s largest warehouse in Russia’s Central Federal District, with an area of approximately 300,000 square meters.
