Chaos at Christmas: Händlerbund fears delivery collapse
Christmas is just around the corner, only a few days left until the festival. In line with this, the order quantities in the retail sector are increasing and have to be delivered. But delivery chaos threatens. Who knows how, but can get around it.
In some German apartments, the time has come: the Christmas tree is ready and waiting to be filled. As a rule, this means decorating, but as every year, the real drama takes place under the tree: This is where the presents end up – when they come.
Online retailers fear delivery collapse: Christmas will be tight
Many online retailers fear that there could be problems with this this year (source: Dealer Association). For them, the weeks before Christmas are the most profitable part of the year – and all the products have to get to the customers. Always a challenge, but in times of the pandemic with the increased interest of customers in online shopping the situation comes to a head.
The dealer association has raised a picture of the mood. Accordingly, three quarters of those surveyed assume that the Delivery services overloaded this year will be. A sobering impression for all consumers who hope that everything will run smoothly one day.
But the dealer association can at least partially give the all-clear: The proportion of those who expect serious restrictions from parcel and delivery services has steadily declined slightly in recent years. the The situation is tense, but not worse than last year.
As for the impact of the pandemic on the situation, the survey does not provide a clear picture. The dealer association asked several hundred dealers according to its own information. Of these, 38 percent state that Pandemic is also damaging online business. 32 percent think the crisis has had a positive effect, while 30 percent see no particular influences.
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Previous surveys, however, assume that there are sometimes considerable restrictions. It also plays with the dealer association Availability of goods plays an important role. Many dealers would have specially taken care of full warehouses.
What Consumers Can Do
For consumers, the question of whether the Christmas present will still work is a double burden this year: First of all, the question arises whether products are even available. who flexible in the choice of product can be, has a clear advantage here. So that everything arrives at home on time, everything has to go well on the way. DHL reveals how you can contribute to this yourself.
