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Future of (E)commerce

CLS briefing series from the commerce logistics industry experts

The Future of (e)Commerce section of the Commerce Logistics Briefing Series focuses on recent and future developments in (e)commerce.

We examine the ongoing digital disruption & transformation of the industry and digital logistics/last mile delivery, covering topics including hybrid postal/commercial cross-border delivery solutions, the future of out of home (OOH) delivery, and the new last-mile delivery which has emerged during the pandemic.

Naturally, our analysis of the EU VAT Ecommerce package was a major focus. This "big bang" fundamentally changed the framework conditions for importing goods shipments into the EU. We report on the implementation, reactions, and consequences for customs, trade, logistics, and the entire market.

You can access all our LinkedIn postings on the Future of (E)commerce via the links below:

Posts in 2022

• CARGO to MAIL – B2B2C leads to delivery chain management (May 2022)
  

• Mail as cargo: Ensuring integration of mail and cargo systems into every step of the delivery chain (March 2022)
  

CLS speaks out: The next digital disruption in ecommerce logistics – 4 part series:

• Part 1: Winners of ecommerce digital activity (February 2022)
• Part 2: Ecommerce logistics shipments activity (February 2022)
• Part 3: Pandemic ecommerce volumes delivery (February 2022)
• Part 4: Retail last mile delivery models (February 2022)
  

• Austria publishes new guide for "White Label Parcel Boxes" (January 2022)
  

Ecommerce trends:

• Looking back at the introduction of the IOSS: an overview and impact on ecommerce (December 2021)


• Digital Service Act & Digital Markets Act: new online rules for businesses in the EU (December 2021)
  


• Out of home (OOH) & automated parcel machine (APM) delivery – will open or closed network models predominate? (December 2021)
  


• Postal cross-border shipping into the EU (December 2021)
  


• Megatrend vs. hype: how sustainable is the OOH evolution? (November 2021)
  


• Why cross-border postal item volumes (UPU) into the EU are declining (October 2021)


• Success story IOSS: Digital party identifiers needed! (September 2021)
  

The Future of (E)commerce:

• The Future of (E)commerce / Part 5: The emerging logistics disruption and its impact on key stakeholders (November 2021)


• The Future of (E)commerce / Part 4: A second chance for stationary retail (November 2021)
  


• The Future of (E)commerce / Part 3: O2O reloaded – stationary retail may be the big winner (October 2021)


• The Future of (E)commerce / Part 2: Why marketplaces may face their greatest test yet (October 2021)
  


• The Future of (E)commerce / Part 1: Lessons learned from the pandemic (September 2021)

EU VAT Ecommerce package

• UPU: Challenges and opportunities for postal operators to once again increase volumes – EU Postal Market, new fees, the EU VAT Ecommerce package (November 2021) 
  


• Postal Fees: Will new postal fees for using the import one stop shop (IOSS) effectively end the UPU universal service in the EU? (August 2021) 
  


• Cross-border trade: Is OSS only a transitional solution? (July 2021) 


• Ecommerce "Big bang" on 1.7.2021 – the EU VAT Ecommerce package is not only about VAT. (July 2021) 


• Ecommerce "big bang" on 1.7.202 – no transition grace period – will it be BREXIT 2.0 and very unhappy customers? (July 2021)
  


• EU VAT Ecommerce package: Making the UPU network the most expensive option? (July 2021)
  


• UPDATE & CLARIFICATION: EU VAT Ecommerce package: Making the UPU network the most expensive option? (July 2021)


• EU VAT Ecommerce package: Why OSS may only be a transitional solution (July 2021)


• IOSS: The Import One Stop Shop (IOSS): Everything you need to know about the simplified VAT payment model (June 2021)
  


• B2C E Commerce: Before and after 1 July 2021: The key changes to B2C e commerce following introduction of the EU VAT e-commerce package (June 2021)


• VAT & Online Retail Fraud: Ecommerce: Digitalization & standardization helps end VAT evasion and combat online retail fraud & illegal trade (January 2021)  

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