Re:India lifted 415M out of poverty in 15 years, says UN
by Scoundreller on Monday November 07, 2022 @09:38PM
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> The funniest part to me is that every individual item you order comes with it’s own delivery person, there isn’t yet much work to consolidate packages.
I'm impressed how much Aliexpress currently does this: consolidates purchases from different sellers, ship 3rd party to Canada, and then use local postal service for last mile delivery.
Ebay could learn a lot from them.
Re:India lifted 415M out of poverty in 15 years, says UN
by kranner on Monday November 07, 2022 @10:45PM
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Amazon India now offers weekly consolidation for many items with the occasional cashback incentive.
Re:India lifted 415M out of poverty in 15 years, says UN
by kylehotchkiss on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @12:09AM
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It’s been a while since I have stayed and didn’t realize Amazon offered this… great for them!
No American big box retailer will ever be built. Indian government doesn’t allow foreign companies to come in and set up shop very easily (at best they can get in with 49% ownership like Starbucks/Tata). Additionally the logistics situation is very different. Less ports, roads between cities built differently than USA, traffic across states is not a right like USA and various restrictions/inspections/fees can occur. It’s worth keeping an eye on IKEA’s expansion specifically in India. They really want to grow the marketshare, they have the right price points, and people seem to genuinely like and want them around. But lots of artificial hurdles which i suspect are caused by local traders/shops knowing how much business IKEA will take from them.
Indian Amazon is approaching the utility of American Amazon and are pretty good about taking advantage of the existing couriers and air cargo which takes care of some of the interstate logistics I mentioned. The funniest part to me is that every individual item you order comes with it’s own delivery person, there isn’t yet much work to consolidate packages. The current generation is growing up with Amazon though and I anticipate many future improvements.
I also see a dead comment in this thread saying India doesn't have malls... I've never seen more malls in an area than I have in big Indian cities. A lot of them are pretty good!
Source: many extended visits to india