The Temu and Shein platforms “represent 22% of our packages”, declared this Wednesday the director general of Posts, Philippe Wahl, during a parliamentary hearing, one point more than those managed by Amazon and although they weighed “less than 5% five years ago years”.
The general director of La Poste spoke during a hearing on Wednesday before the Senate Economic Affairs Committee about the “rise of the Chinese platforms”, Temu and Shein, which “represent 22% of our plots.” “Five years ago it was less than 5%,” said Philippe Wahl, “and 1% more than Amazon, which is La Poste’s first customer, but also its first competitor.”
The company’s management subsequently clarified that the proportion of packages managed on behalf of the two platforms was much higher in France than in Europe. Online commerce is currently experiencing a “very slow recovery” with “very strong pressure on margins”, Philippe Wahl had previously clarified, stating that he believed it was a “sector of the future”.
Letters no longer represent 15% of La Poste’s sales
The parcel business represents more than half of La Poste’s turnover, while its historical activity, letters, will only represent 15% of its sales at the end of this year, according to Philippe Wahl. Shein, an application founded in China in 2012, is considered an emblem of the social and environmental excesses of low-cost fashion.
Temu, which is experiencing rapid growth in Europe thanks to a low-price strategy, is the international version of the Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo, born in 2015. It offers a wide variety of products: clothing, toys, decoration, tools, high -technology…
At the end of September, six European Union countries – Germany, France, Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands and Poland – asked the European Union to tighten the screws against these e-commerce sites suspected of selling sometimes dangerous products. for consumers. In June, the Commission requested information from Temu and Shein to verify their compliance with European consumer protection standards, asking them in particular about the measures they are implementing to allow the reporting of illegal products.
Other requests refer to deceptive interfaces (“dark patterns”) that allow manipulation of user behavior, the protection of minors, the transparency of product recommendation systems or even the traceability of sellers on these platforms.
Source: BFM TV
