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2021: Cainiao invests 4 billion rubles in a network of postamats to issue orders from AliExpress throughout the Russian Federation

In mid-May 2021, Cainiao, part of the Alibaba Group, announced the investment of 4 billion rubles in the development of logistics in Russia by the end of the year. Half of these funds will be used to expand the network of pedestals - the number of such points is planned to quadruple.

At the first stage, scaling of the postamat network will take place in Verny universes. Stores in Moscow, the Moscow region, St. Petersburg and Kazan will accommodate more than 100 lockers. The company expects to double the number of postamats in six months and cover all the largest stores of the Verny chain.

Cainiao invests 4 billion rubles in a network of postamats for issuing orders from AliExpress throughout the Russian Federation

Cainiao explained that they want to create an infrastructure for the delivery of new categories: everyday goods and products. The company believes that this will allow you to start selling on the Internet to new enterprises from the regions. Also in Russia there will be new warehouses and sorting centers of the operator.

We are also actively optimizing our processes to help the business integrate online sales on the AliExpress platform. Already, we are actively developing FMCG delivery and the next stage will be work with the food segment. To do this, we will take into account the Chinese experience, "comments Yusup Amirkhanov, head of the development of the Cainiao postamat network in Russia.

The company noted that the branded postamate network has been actively developing since 2020. By the end of April 2021, it totaled more than 25 thousand points of issuance, of which more than 2 thousand were the company's own lockers. In postamats, users can receive orders from abroad: from sellers AliExpress from China, Turkey, Poland, Spain, etc.

The Cainiao report notes that over the year, the company, together with AliExpress Russia, reduced the average delivery time for goods from abroad to 15 days, and from Russian sellers, including shipments to remote regions to 4 days.^[1]

2020: Launch of the Cainiao postomate network in Russia

On October 29, 2020, Cainiao Network, a member of the Alibaba group, announced the launch of its own postamat network in Russia. The first equipment was installed in Moscow.

Cainiao will install more than 1 thousand points during the year: first in Moscow, the Moscow region and the largest megacities, then in cities with a population of 500 thousand people. In China, the Cainiao pedestal network has about 100 thousand points.

In China, Cainiao is associated with day-to-day delivery, convenience of location of points and technological innovations in delivery. Our first project in the Russian offline means the beginning of a similar vector of development, "said Ksenia Kiyantseva, head of strategic development of the Cainiao postamate network in Russia.

Alibaba launches a network of postamats in the Russian Federation

Cainiao plans to place pedestals in retail, on the streets, infrastructure facilities - by the end of October 2020, the company is negotiating with potential partners. In the near future, from them it will be possible to pick up orders only from sellers from China and Europe, but in the near future the operator promises to connect local sellers.

Total investments in this project are not disclosed. They are allocated as part of the Cainiao investment program for localization, support of Russian sellers and the development of IT infrastructure, which exceeds 1 billion rubles for the 2020 financial year, which began in May 2020.

The press service of "AliExpress Russia" reported that delivery to the Cainiao cobranded pedestals will be available to buyers AliExpress along with other methods of receiving orders. The opportunity to choose delivery to the postamat at the checkout of buyers will appear from November 11.

By the end of October 2020, the total number of partner points for issuing Cainiao orders totals about 15 thousand throughout Russia, not including the Russian Post branches. ^[2]

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