"Why are you playing dumb with me?" Xiang Feng's face darkened. "Although Amazon has created a sensation in the Southeast Asian market, the logistics channels here are very limited, and there are many obstacles to the development of e-commerce."
Chen Dong narrowed his eyes and said directly, "There are also many chain supermarket brands in the Southeast Asian market, including Walmart. Wouldn't it solve the logistics channel problem by using these chain supermarkets and stores as temporary outlets?"
Xiang Feng thought about it and realized that Chen Dong's words made a lot of sense.
"But will those temporary delivery points agree to let Amazon's delivery points handle their packages?" Xiang Feng asked tentatively.
Asia Travel Capital is headquartered in Southeast Asia, and Xiang Feng doesn't have much knowledge about Amazon's offline logistics channels.
Chen Donghua explained, "Currently, in the European and American markets, Amazon's logistics channels are still mainly based on temporary outlets. Even its competitors, such as Walmart's offline chain supermarkets, have been largely requisitioned by Amazon."
"Requisition?" Xiang Feng asked, puzzled. "What if... these chain supermarkets collectively refuse to accept Amazon's personal packages? Wouldn't we be completely helpless then?"
Chen Dong hadn't thought of this. In his mind, a temporary outlet was just a temporary outlet, and Amazon had paid them.
The operators of temporary outlets have a certain degree of independent decision-making power. When Amazon requisitions offline supermarkets as temporary outlets, it also provides corresponding compensation to the offline stores.
Even when Walmart headquarters was locked in a fierce battle with Amazon, their temporary offline outlet operators were often willing to accept Amazon's personal parcel deliveries for a small amount of temporary compensation.
Amazon treats chain supermarkets and stores as temporary outlets and also pays them a certain amount of compensation, so these offline supermarkets generally do not deliberately make things difficult for Amazon.
However, after hearing Xiang Feng's words, Chen Dong became more cautious.
If Walmart were to issue a mandatory order prohibiting its physical chain stores from accepting personal packages, it would be a devastating blow to Amazon.
"Amazon must establish its own logistics and warehousing channels," Chen Dong said, looking at Xiang Feng.
No sooner had he finished speaking than Lin Zhiyuan rushed in in a hurry.
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