(AOF) – Spartoo, one of the leaders in the sale of fashion items online in Europe, announces that more than 165 e-merchants now trust its TooPost offer to optimize their transport. Serving some fifteen destinations in Europe and relying on Spartoo’s historical expertise in terms of organizing the delivery of parcels, the TooPost transport commissioner activity offers an end-to-end service, ensuring to date the delivery of more than 4 million parcels each year, of which at least 98% within the deadlines indicated.
Boris Saragaglia, co-founder and Chairman and CEO of Spartoo, said: “We are delighted with the success of the TooPost offer, which has attracted nearly 50 new customers since January 2022. In a context of accelerating inflation, e-merchants wish to optimize their transport costs.A crucial issue that TooPost can address through its turnkey solution available in France and internationally thanks to the network built throughout Europe.We intend to continue in the coming months the development of our third-party services activity, a showcase of our unique know-how in e-commerce, whether through TooPost or TooBone, our integrated logistics and transport offer. ”
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The serious European adjustment of the Internet giants
An agreement was reached on March 24 on the supervision of Internet giants, with new legislation on digital markets, the Digital Markets Act (DMA). This text aims to regulate the anti-competitive practices of the main players. With the DMA, the European Commission sets a framework to be respected, the sector now being subject to regulations similar to those of the energy, banking or telecommunications sectors. The scale of fines has also been adapted to the economic power of the players: in the event of an infringement, they may represent 6% to 20% of global turnover. In the event of a repeat offence, business transfers may be imposed. On the other hand, in the United States, the regulatory process has still not succeeded despite the authorities’ determination.
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Two major challenges for the sector
The turnover of the retail brands increased by 6.6% in the third quarter of 2022 according to the panelist IRI. Such a performance had not been recorded since the 2020 confinements. However, since the end of September, volumes have been falling following the rise in prices. The results of the French players, rather spared until now, should therefore suffer. Moreover, in the United States, Walmart and Target issued warnings about their results.
Another challenge: logistical disruption. According to data from NielsenIQ, the stock-out rate rose further on the shelves to 5.8% at the end of October. This represents a shortfall of 3.5 billion euros since the beginning of the year. According to System U, these disorders have never been observed for more than fifty years. The reasons are multiple: both climatic, geopolitical, logistical, inflationary, and also linked to the behavior of consumers, who stock certain items. On the other hand, the strike in the refineries seems to have had little impact because the brands have managed to organize themselves.