{"id":5538,"date":"2019-12-19T13:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/2019\/12\/19\/european-ecommerce-studies-introduction-of-a-statutory-return-fee\/"},"modified":"2019-12-19T13:00:48","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T12:00:48","slug":"european-ecommerce-studies-introduction-of-a-statutory-return-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/2019\/12\/19\/european-ecommerce-studies-introduction-of-a-statutory-return-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"European ecommerce studies introduction of a statutory return fee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Even with the hangover of cold logistics innovation in Valencia produced by BiofreshTech present, the ecommerce machine is not resting.<br \/>\nSpecifically, German ecommerce.<br \/>\nOne of the most relevant in Europe, has been in the news for having the highest number of returns in the entire European market.<br \/>\nThis has led professionals to consider a return rate.     <\/p>\n<h2>Ecommerce with Return Tariff<\/h2>\n<p>  German society buys products online at an annual rate of 70 billion euros.<br \/>\nHowever, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>one in six<\/strong> <strong>is returned<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\nFor example, 490 million products were returned in 2018 and this year the figure continues to rise.<br \/>\nFaced with this problem, German researchers have expressed their concern and state of alert, calling for legal action.<br \/>\nThe need would involve a measure in the form of a return fee. <strong>The fee for each shipment is estimated at \u20ac2.95 and would prevent about 16% of returns<\/strong>.      <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>&#8220;Returns affect 80 million items&#8221; (Bamberg University).<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  This economic measure has been analyzed in depth by researchers at the University of Bamberg.<br \/>\nIt would have repercussions far beyond the courier collective in Valencia.<br \/>\nThe return fee law could help reduce the amount of waste and lessen the burden on climate change.<br \/>\nThe results of the study estimate that a legal return fee would prove to be a very useful tool.<br \/>\nAs low as this fee would be, it would help to control returns and their negative effects on parcel delivery in Valencia.      <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em>&#8220;It is still too early for a holistic assessment of such a measure, but in our opinion, it is worth thinking about.&#8221;<\/em> <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  The market that has the greatest impact on this delicate situation is the fashion market.<br \/>\nThese are the products that are most often returned due to their nature and the consumption habits of their audiences.<br \/>\nThe market is looking to new technologies to help the user choose the right size and avoid returns.    <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>&#8220;Data analytics, artificial intelligence and existing everyday technologies, such as a smartphone camera to measure the body, will enable significant economic and environmental savings.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>The high cost of international shipping<\/h2>\n<p>  International shipping at the price of local shipping?<br \/>\nIs that possible?<br \/>\nYes.<br \/>\nBecause our goal is to help our customers to establish their products in international markets via e-commerce.<br \/>\nFor this purpose we have partners in different countries that act as logistic operators for our customers and allow us to offer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/envio-internacional-ecommerce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>local shipping price in international destinations<\/strong><\/a>.[:]    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Even with the hangover of cold logistics innovation in Valencia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-logistics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asmen.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}