While the year-end promotion set off a carnival for sellers and buyers around the world, the promotion in the UK was relatively chaotic. According to incomplete statistics from foreign media, from December 1 to 24, there will be only 6 days without strikes in the country. In addition to the Royal Mail workers, large-scale strike actions broke out among more than 40,000 railway workers, the medical system, the education system, etc. This "strike wave" will continue until at least January next year.

Royal Mail's 115,000 workers are planning at least seven strikes in December. Royal Mail has cooperation with many e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, which is equivalent to the direct paralysis of nearly half of the delivery services in the UK.

About 40,000 employees from 14 railway companies in the UK will hold a long-term strike for a total of 8 days (December 13, 14, 16, 17 and from Christmas Eve to December 27). The rail network will be paralyzed.

Previously, the Transportation Employees Association (TSSA) also announced on December 2 that railway workers would hold four 48-hour strike actions: December 13-14, December 16-17, and January next year. 3-4 and Jan 6-7. The general strike has been described as the most devastating wave of rail strikes in more than 30 years.

The British Public and Commercial Service Union (PCS) announced on December 2 that between December 16 and January 7, highway system employees will hold a large-scale strike for a total of 12 days.

In addition, the sales promotion in the peak season at the end of the year has entered the final climax stage, a large number of goods have poured in, Amazon warehouse operators are limited, and goods have begun to be warehoused. Affected by Amazon's stockpiling, the DPD warehouse in the UK has been severely liquidated. Tens of thousands of Amazon packages are hoarded in the warehouse and cannot be delivered, and the speed of product shelves is slow. DPD has reduced the pick-up of goods, and the goods sent to the UK have limited pick-up by DPD, which makes delivery more difficult, resulting in slow delivery and pick-up of goods.

Christmas is approaching, followed by New Year's Day holidays. Now even those who are not on strike are on holiday. It is expected that there will be a serious shortage of local manpower at that time, and there will be delays in the back-end tally, customs clearance and delivery. Throughout December, sellers have to face many logistics problems.

In order to cope with the last Christmas carnival at the end of the year, sellers are all motivated, and they all hope to get a share of the big promotion in the second half of the year. Although it is normal for Amazon to burst warehouses and logistics delays in peak seasons every year, this year is different in the UK. The warehouse explosions are superimposed on the most serious "strike wave" in 30 years, coupled with the economic cold winter this year, which makes sellers feel uncomfortable. Not to mention that the goods that have already arrived in the UK may not be able to be sent to Amazon for sale normally, and it is unknown whether the goods that have already been put on the shelves for sale can be delivered to the buyer in time. Once the seller places an order, the goods are delayed for too long. Not to mention customer refunds and returns, they may also get bad reviews, which will seriously affect the ranking of your store.

Due to the serious explosion of the DPD warehouse, the warehouse has a backlog of tens of thousands of packages, and the follow-up packages are still being delivered. Too many packages are prone to lost or dropped items. After all, it is a bit difficult to find some of your packages among a large number of packages. Once the package is lost or sent to the wrong address, the customer will lose. Even if the DPD compensation goes back and forth according to the process, it will take several months, and the delay is too long. In such an impossible situation, what should the seller do?

The seller can track the goods information with the logistics provider at any time, and the goods can be transferred to a third-party overseas warehouse in the UK after customs clearance. The overseas warehouses have sufficient space and are equipped with security monitoring, so there is almost no missing item. After the goods are transferred to overseas warehouses in the UK, the seller has multiple options.

If Amazon’s liquidation phenomenon slows down, sellers can directly transfer goods from overseas warehouses in the UK to Amazon’s shelves to replenish their positions, or sellers can re-create unpopular Amazon warehouses and then transfer them there. If Amazon continues to blow up the goods and it is difficult to send them to the warehouse, the seller can also choose to drop off the goods directly from the British overseas warehouse of Empire Express, and process the goods directly from the British warehouse. Empire Express UK overseas warehouses can choose Yodel, DHL, or Hermes and other last-mile delivery services to avoid the strike trend and deliver the goods to buyers in time.

The sellers on the UK website this year may be relatively bleak, but there must be a peak after a trough, not to mention that this is not a trough. Sellers should pay attention to the latest news of the goods in a timely manner, and adjust the shipping plan in a timely manner.