THE FUTURE OF DELIVERY OF GOODS AFTER RECOVERY FROM A PANDEMIC
The eCommerce boom will continue and how it will affect the use of commercial vehicles
The pandemic situation affects all aspects of the operation worldwide and generates a number of side effects. One of them is something we can call the eCommerce boom . There are several reasons why this is the case, and the most important ones include restrictions on free movement, closures, or consumers' fear of coronavirus infection. The only alternative for most retail customers has been online shopping.
Many companies that have long resisted this have been forced to set up e-shops. In order to stay on the market, the only way was to offer customers the opportunity to buy online. This had a significant impact on demand for courier services and greatly affected it use of commercial vehicles .
DEMAND FOR USE OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND THEIR RENTAL IN 2020 GROWTH
During the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers' shopping habits changed significantly and a significant proportion of purchases were transferred to the online environment. For this reason, in 2020, Slovak e-shops recorded significant changes in consumer behavior. If e-shop sales increased, the increase was most often in the amount of 16 - 30%. On the contrary, with sales declining, traders recorded losses of more than 30%. During the pandemic, e-shop representatives most often struggled with longer delivery times for goods or services and outages of suppliers. Six out of ten Slovak e-shops affected problems with package delays. Almost 80% of them said that their packages were delayed by an average of 1-6 days towards customers. The need to secure a strong and reliable partner for the transport of goods and provision of commercial vehicles has therefore proved to be crucial in terms of running an e-shop and online trading as such. The strongest position in the rental market supplies has AVIS with division commercial vehicles From Rental . AVIS responded to the increased demand by including new medium-term rental products to the offer AVIS MaxiRent with a commitment of 3 and 6 months and the inclusion of new vehicle categories to already wide range , thus maximally adapted to the needs of clients. These were also the reasons why many e-shop operators and companies offering their services through the online environment took advantage of the lease. supplies from AVIS . You can read about other benefits in the article 4 REASONS TO RENT AND NOT BUY A CAR!
THE NEED FOR SPECIFIC TYPES OF DELIVERY IS STRONGER TODAY
Fear of health threats is ubiquitous and even a basic need such as buying food is at risk of infection. The strong demand for food delivery services directly to the household, which results in increased demand for specific types of commercial vehicles adapted for such carriage. The situation in 2020 has shown us that there are not enough such vehicles on the market and, due to the constraints of the economies, it is not even possible to commercial vehicle specifications to place on the market. Strength was shown again AVIS brand , when we were able through products AVIS Van Rental and AVIS Maxi Rent operationally increase the number of such vehicles and cover so needs clients and, ultimately, the consumers themselves with immediate response .
HOW WE WILL USE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AFTER RECOVERY FROM A PANDEMIC
One of the main representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) Michael Ryan announced on March 1, 2021 that the end of the pandemic in 2021 is unrealistic and therefore we can expect that the set trends in consumer behavior will intensify. However, any partial relaxation of the measures results in an immediate response in the form of increased activity transport of goods by commercial vehicles . Both in the B2B and B2C segment.
For more information on why it is beneficial to use AVIS during a pandemic situation, see the article BET ON SECURITY AT UNCERTAIN TIMES .
Whether they transport the goods individual companies to their customers at their own expense, or use one of the courier services , the trend is clearly set so that use of commercial vehicles has been gradually increasing since the onset of the pandemic, even during the restrictions imposed.
It can be assumed that the current shopping habits of consumers will intensify even after the pandemic situation has calmed down. The benefits of online shopping and delivery instead of buying in brick-and-mortar stores will be preferred by more and more customers and the eCommerce boom to be continued.
With the humiliating easing of the economy, demand for transport by commercial vehicles also in the B2B segment. Therefore, it is already clear today that the trend use of commercial vehicles of category N1 will continue to rise and demand will increase for standard as well as specific categories of these vehicles.
