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Last-mile delivery disrupted post-Covid: How Spanish startups can show a better way forward

  • Spain
  • 7 min read
  • Jul 22, 2020
  • By Emanuela Ferraro

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As the recent jump in online retail and home deliveries looks set to stay, startups are playing a key role in reshaping the Spanish last-mile logistics scene to meet new challenges

Online shopping surged by 138% in the first week of the Covid-19 lockdown in Spain in March, the start of an unprecedented boom in online shopping – and demand for home delivery. Caught off guard, last-mile logistics companies found themselves near breaking point, as domestic supply chains bore the brunt of unpredictable spikes in orders.
Hampered by centralized management systems, logistics giants were especially handicapped, often unable to respond fast enough. But startups, equipped with lean and agile delivery fleets and processes, stepped in to help the retailers swamped by orders from...

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Edited by Suzanne Soh, Bernice Tang

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