"Mail of Russia" is going to do the delivery of goods for retailers

Photo: Photo: Dmitry Lebedev / Kommersant

Recently, the Russian Post has been trying to expand the range of its services and services. In particular, not so long ago, the company announced its intention to deliver goods from Chinese stores on an expedited basis. Now, “Pochta Rossii” is negotiating with retailers about the delivery of goods to warehouses and stores, Kommersant writes . Experts believe that this service will be in demand in some regions of the country, but state-owned companies will have to compete with cargo carriers.

The scheme of work for the Russian Post for the delivery of goods is as follows: departures are accepted by the sorting centers of the company, and are delivered to the stores of retail chains with which the state company has signed an agreement. Delivery is carried out in an agreed time, and can deliver both individual packages and whole batches of goods. At the same time, the dimensions of shipments are as follows: weight up to 31.5 kg, size up to 150 cm.

For retailers, there are four fixed tariffs that are ranked by weight. This category is up to 5 kg, up to 10 kg, up to 20 kg and up to 31.5 kg. As for the shipment received in Moscow before 19.00, it will be delivered in Moscow and the region the very next day. Shipments weighing up to 5 kg will cost the customer 150 rubles, up to 10 kg 180 rubles, up to 20 kg 210 rubles, and 31.5 kg 240 rubles. As an example, we can take the delivery of cargo from Yekaterinburg to Chelyabinsk (distance 213 km). Delivery time will take up to two days, the cost will be equal to 330 rubles. for consignments weighing up to 5 kg, weighing up to 10 kg - 430 rubles, up to 20 kg - 580 rubles, up to 31.5 kg - 730 rubles.
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Representatives of the Post of Russia claim that this service allows the customer to save about 25% on the costs of delivering goods to their stores, as well as the movement of goods between outlets.

The state-owned company already has its first customer - Kari, a retail chain of shoes and accessories, which introduced the service in its 600 stores throughout Russia.

“This is more convenient than delivery by groupage. But the most important thing in it is the guarantee of observance of the delivery time and an acceptable cost, ”says Yevgeny Sokolov, logistics director at Wikimart.

Leonid Dovladbegyan, director of the 220 Volt online store, is skeptical of the new service of Russian Post. “That is, now they don’t even use their main advantage - branches - and for some reason they have invaded the market of freight operators, which are engaged in supply and work in the supply chain. This is unusual for the “Post of Russia”, “Dovladbegyan comments on the situation.