It is not just on supermarket shelves that the increase in fuel consumption has had effects. E-commerce networks and companies have restricted access or ease of operational services due to the cost invested in logistics and transportation. Like this, Many companies have reduced the offer of free shipping and fast delivery to the end consumer.
In large centers, deliveries for the same day or within 24 hours have lost considerable space. This happens because, according to the association, 40% of the costs of logistics operations are associated with fuel. Nonetheless, depending on the distance traveled for delivery, This percentage can reach 60%.
About the subject, the Brazilian Association of Logistics Operators (ABOL) takes a position stating that shipping and delivery are two variables in the increasingly expensive online sales market. However, It is shipping that has made transactions most difficult and impacted consumers' daily lives. In the end, The many price fluctuations make it difficult to define the final delivery value.
Changes can already be noticed between companies
The end consumer can already notice these changes in e-commerce in the country's main companies. The Free Market, for example, increased the purchase base so that shipping becomes free. Before, market purchases, for example, would guarantee free shipping from R$79.90.
Now, increased to R$199.00. On the Magazine Luiza website, free shipping is a benefit only for those who purchase through the store's app.. On Amazon, free shipping is free for subscribers. Nonetheless, the subscription package also underwent readjustments.
Scenario calls for more flexible agreements
The rise in fuel prices has changed relationships between e-commerce giants and logistics partners. Now, contracts between the parties are more flexible to be able to accommodate necessary readjustments to adapt to the scenario.
All of these treatments have been gaining ground, even due to the many unpredictabilities faced by the e-commerce and online sales market.. Big global names, like Asian competitors Shopee and AliExpress, have favored new agreements between Brazilian companies and transport companies.
