Marketplace Wildberries will open 'partner hubs' for storing goods…
Marketplace Wildberries will open 'partner hubs' for storing goods as part of support measures for sellers and pickup point owners (PVZ), the press service of the combined company RWB announced.
Consensus
- Wildberries is providing support to sellers affected by attacks on its logistics centers.
- The company is testing a pilot program called 'Fulfillment in Sorting Centers' for sellers using the FBS model.
- Sellers will collect and deliver orders to Wildberries sorting centers, after which Wildberries will handle packaging and labeling.
- The new service aims to reduce sellers' workload and keep costs comparable to the FBW model.
- Wildberries is launching a partner hub program allowing owners and tenants of suitable premises to operate storage and processing hubs for seller goods.
- Participants in the hub program will be paid for handling, storing, and shipping goods.
- The hub program is intended to speed up deliveries and provide additional income for owners of pickup points and suitable facilities.
- The support measures follow repeated attacks on Wildberries warehouses since mid-July by Ukrainian drones.
Points of divergence
- The new service is currently being offered to a test group of sellers, and if effective, will be expanded to others. — m24
- Wildberries has suffered losses exceeding 100 billion rubles due to the attacks, and compensation payments have been insufficient for many sellers. — meduza
- The company will decide where the hubs are located based on the level of interest from potential partners. — tg_theinsider
- Wildberries is also developing a pilot project for creating partner hubs as part of its support measures. — vesti
- The head of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation stated that the priority of support measures is restoring uninterrupted supply chains and helping suppliers resume operations. — m24
- Tatyana Kim, founder of Wildberries, claimed that attacks on Wildberries facilities are carried out by terrorists falsely accusing the marketplace of selling military goods. — m24
Coverage (5 sources)
- Wildberries will help sellers who were hit by attacks on warehouses — Вести
- Wildberries will take over product packaging to support sellers — Москва 24
- Wildberries will offer owners of pickup points and other premises to open their own hubs for storing seller goods after attacks on... — The Insider
- Wildberries decided to launch "partner hubs" for storing goods — Meduza
- In Wildberries, supply routes for goods have been optimized — Вести
Key entities
- Wildberries
- Moscow
- RWB
- PVK
- Marketplace
- Ukrainian Armed Forces
- IT 'News'
- Alexei Belkin
- Dmitry Bortsevsky
- TASS/NEWS.ru
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