Dagligvaruhandelns effektiva och hållbara e-handel : Förslag på hantering av sista milen alternativ för ehandel

Sammanfattning: Abstract Purpose – The purpose of the study is to explore which possible last mile alternativesare beneficial for the development of the grocery trade in e-commerce. The deliveryalternatives will have a strong focus in that the last mile deliveries are optimized,efficient and sustainable. Therefore, three different research questions have beenformulated: 1. What does the grocery- and rare trade's last mile look like today? 2. How can the grocery trade practice different last mile deliverymethods to manage the growing e-commerce? 3. Which improvements of the last mile can businesses bring to fostersustainability and environmental friendliness? Method – A quantitative comparative study where statistical document analysis iscombined with semi-structured interviews and structured interviews. The documentanalysis to study delivery speeds, delivery alternatives and delivery companies and tocarry out an analysis of the current last-mile delivery. The semi-structured interviewprovided data on all issues and aimed to provide a qualified perspective. Findings – With collected empirical data identifies clear trends from documentanalysis, strategies that different companies use and how they affect variables such asdelivery speed, shipping cost and number of delivery options that are sustainable.Groups in the grocery trade and like all companies should meet the consumersrequirements. Whether companies in the grocery trade will be able to meet customers'demands for sustainability is difficult to say and remains to be seen in the future. Atpresent, it is a matter of companies having to dare to take the first step towards a moresustainable last mile. Implications – Theoretical implications are the benefits that the various deliveryalternatives have linked to delivery speed and durability. One possible implication iswhich delivery alternatives will be an optimal solution for q-trade, as the authors havenot identified any previous research. The importance of sustainable transport should bemade fossil-free and how companies should prioritized according to the sustainablealternatives instead of popular alternatives.Practical implications are a change in companies' attitudes towards market change withinnovative delivery alternatives and sustainable delivery alternatives. An additionalimplication is the establishment of the grocery trade in q-trade, how groups choose tocompete with new players in q-trade. Limitations – This study will include retail businesses that offer e-commerce and willstudy their transportations last storage point or storage warehouse to the consumer. Thebusinesses that are viewed in this paper are those who have the biggest market sharesin Sweden and offer e-commerce for private consumers. The consumers transportationto pick up for example at a C&C (Click & Collect) will not be highlighted but ismentioned. Furthermore, returns and handling of said subjects is only mentioned toillustrate the contributing factor it has to the increase of deliveries and its environmentalimpact. Lastly, Q-trade (quick e-commerse) is only mentioned for the purpose to utilizethe innovative solutions they’ve established to obtain quick and sustainable deliveries. Keywords – E-commerce,