"boss!"
Seeing that Xiang Feng was also in the office, Lin Zhiyuan shut his mouth.
Xiang Feng had always negotiated directly with Lin Zhiyuan in his negotiations with Teng Longteng. Lin Zhiyuan usually seemed like a composed person, not someone who would act so rashly. Seeing Lin Zhiyuan in such a hurry, Xiang Feng quickly asked, "What's going on?"
Lin Zhiyuan glanced at Chen Dong, and only after receiving Chen Dong's nod did Lin Zhiyuan say, "Kroos just announced on their company website that Walmart's offline chain supermarkets will no longer accept personal packages from the Amazon platform!"
"If the operators of physical supermarkets violate the instructions, Walmart will terminate their employment contracts and revoke their operating rights."
"Kroos has cut off Amazon's logistics channels!" Xiang Feng exclaimed in surprise.
Chen Dong and Xiang Feng exchanged glances, and Chen Dong couldn't help but utter those three words, "You jinx."
Just a few minutes ago, Xiang Feng said he was worried that Amazon's logistics channels were not independent enough.
Xiang Feng smiled wryly, "Perhaps it's because we at Asia Travel Capital have invested in a lot of industrial companies and have a lot of experience in this area. It's common for companies to isolate themselves from each other, especially those in the industrial sector."
"Walmart is a brick-and-mortar retailer, while Amazon is an online retailer. These two are inherently incompatible."
Xiang Feng raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but sigh: "The reason Amazon started so quickly this time is because Longteng opened up its equity and a large amount of private capital flowed in, which revitalized Amazon."
Offline logistics channels are Amazon's lifeline. By cutting off Amazon's logistics, Walmart is essentially declaring war on it.
"It seems that this time, Croz is determined to deal with Amazon," Chen Dong concluded.
Walmart headquarters.
Supplier representative Emma submitted a report to Croz, stating, "We have ordered offline supermarket chains to refuse all personal packages from Amazon."
“As long as one offline chain supermarket accepts Amazon’s personal parcels, we will take back the operating rights of that chain supermarket. I think no matter how much compensation Amazon offers them, they will not take the risk.”
Kroz's eyes darkened. "Well done."
"Since Amazon came along, they have taken away our retailers and factories online, and they have taken advantage of us offline by using our logistics channels to transport their packages."
Kroz is outraged by Amazon's shameless behavior.
Emma poured Croz a cup of coffee and continued, "Amazon is a new company. This time, although they have opened up equity and absorbed a lot of private capital, they also have a lot of resources from independent retailers and source factories."
"However, these e-commerce platforms will face a devastating blow once they lose their logistics channels."
Kroz smiled slyly. "The two times we made moves before, Amazon had behind-the-scenes manipulators helping us out. I want to see how Amazon will get through this one!"
In the European and North American markets, Amazon's logistics channels have been shut down. A large number of retail orders placed by consumers have been dispatched through the website, but no one is delivering them. Even when there are delivery channels available, the goods are being refused at physical stores.
E-commerce platforms are in complete chaos. People shopping online are unaware of the inside story and think it's because Amazon, after absorbing a lot of investment, has become arrogant and no longer cares about individual consumers.
The product pages of independent retailers quickly gained a lot of negative reviews.
Almost all customers who placed orders at the same time were unable to receive their goods.
A small number of people found out by contacting customer service that their orders were piling up in a large warehouse, and they drove directly to Amazon's physical warehouse.
They had hoped to find their package in the large warehouse, but when they arrived, they were dumbfounded.
Thousands of packages are piling up in a large warehouse, with no one delivering them.
They learned from the dispatcher that the packages in the large warehouse were all left undelivered and they didn't know what would happen to them in the future.
Outside the warehouse, deliverymen were bringing back packages one truckload after another.
One customer grabbed the dispatchers and asked, "Shouldn't your goods be sent out of the warehouse? Why are you sending packages from outside into the warehouse?"
The deliveryman said helplessly, "We wanted to deliver the goods to the offline service points, but they all refused to accept them!"
"Since the delivery can't reach the temporary delivery points anyway, many couriers have simply stopped delivering and are waiting for instructions from above."
Looking at the pile of packages at the back of the truck, the customer asked, "Are these all rejected parcels?"
Walmart's chain supermarkets, as well as some retailers that partner with Walmart, do not accept Amazon's packages at their physical stores.
These kinds of information are indeed best understood by those on the inside.
The customer who purchased the goods now realizes that it wasn't Amazon refusing to deliver the goods, but rather Walmart blocking their logistics channels.
The situation continues to worsen, with distributors accumulating goods and causing many merchants to close their transactions.
E-commerce platforms have fallen into a vicious cycle: order placement - centralized delivery to a large warehouse - offline small warehouse - dispatcher delivery - temporary outlets refuse to accept - dispatcher retrieves the goods - warehouse closure - merchants close transactions.
In front of Xiang Feng, Chen Dong made a phone call to the head of Amazon.
Lai Wanpeng, the channel manager on the other end of the phone, perked up immediately after learning it was Chen Dong calling. "Boss, what can I do for you?"
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