Alibaba Retail Connect Chongqing Warehouse Opens: Fully Provides Next-Day Delivery Service

On October 16, 2017, Alibaba Retail Connect was officially opened. Its completion marks that Alibaba can fully provide efficient warehousing and distribution services for next-day delivery to Chongqing retail stores.

LST Chongqing Warehouse is a modern warehousing and logistics center integrating storage, order receipt and delivery functions. Focusing on solving the last-mile distribution problem in the city, we maximize the delivery timeliness and ensure the supply of goods to purchasing stores.

The newly opened Chongqing warehouse is located in GLP Logistics Park, Banan District, Chongqing. Relying on the supply chain logistics distribution network, it is currently able to serve small retail stores in the main urban area. In the future, the delivery scope of Chongqing warehouse will be expanded to the entire Chongqing city.

At the same time, Chongqing Warehouse is also the first city warehouse in the country to cooperate in the construction of a socialized logistics system. It was built through local cooperation between Alibaba Cainiao Network and Chongqing Lingyu Consumer Goods Supply Chain Co., Ltd. , which also means that the LST ecosystem has launched an in-depth cooperation model in the logistics field. It is understood that the first phase of the Chongqing warehouse has a construction area of ??5,800 square meters, has 4,200 storage spaces, and an initial investment scale of 5 million. It uses the Cainiao supply chain system to cooperate with 9 distribution stations in the city to provide precise next-day delivery services.

Yang Hua, general manager of the Western Region of Alibaba’s Retail Business Department, said that establishing a compatible, intelligent, and efficient three-level warehouse and distribution system is one of the core strategies of Retail Communications. Chongqing is the first three-level warehouse in the country. The pilot of the matching system is of great significance. Yang Hua also revealed that in the five months since Linghuatong entered Chongqing, it has covered tens of thousands of retail stores, and the average monthly sales growth rate of retail stores has increased by about 20%. After opening a position in Chongqing, Alibaba Retail Link's growth in Chongqing will accelerate. At the same time, Linghuatong and Junyu will further improve the three-level warehouse and distribution system, improve the shopping experience of small stores, quickly introduce local products, coordinate merchant operations, speed up the recruitment of urban partners, and better serve thousands of small stores in Chongqing, truly allowing small stores to The store business is easier and it is easier to make money. At the same time, Yang Hua also revealed that Tmall stores will soon be launched in Chongqing, and O2O online and offline integration is also gradually advancing. He believes that this will inject new vitality into Chongqing’s retail market. Lingshutong is making great strides towards its mission of building an intelligent network distribution platform in Chongqing and allowing millions of small stores to embrace the DT era!

Recently, the country has just issued the "Guiding Opinions on Actively Promoting Supply Chain Innovation and Application", which requires the creation of a smart supply chain system with big data support, networked sharing, and intelligent collaboration, and encourages Wholesale, retail, and logistics enterprises integrate supply chain resources, build a collaborative platform for procurement, distribution, warehousing, and delivery supply chains to promote innovation and transformation in circulation, thereby improving the level of circulation modernization. He Du, director of the e-commerce department of the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce, also said that the Leshuitong project empowers small and medium-sized dealers through systems and data to transform into full-scale distribution service providers in small areas. It is worth looking forward to. "Linking factory warehouses and store shelves with the lowest cost, highest efficiency, and most transparent full-link data is the implementation of the new retail format, the innovation and application of the supply chain, which will definitely improve circulation efficiency and reduce circulation costs. It deserves vigorous promotion.”