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About the Author<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mubasshira Shaikh has been a senior content writer at Cretx Infotech since 2020. She is passionate about all things, whether working as a writer or editor or creating art during her free time. Playing by the rules (and breaking them sometimes) to deliver the client’s message through clever content strategies to win more business, she is sincere, dedicated, and strict. mubasshira@cretxit.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

 <\/strong> With the pandemic and lockdown situation warehousing sector have witnessed long-lasting reforms. Buffer stock, automation, 3PL services and more yet to come. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Do you remember how the pandemic turned the world upside down?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every industry bore the brunt of its effects, including the warehouse industry. As we are still on the path of recovery, reeling from the aftermath of the impact COVID left on the world, we face new challenges and opportunities to deal with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The warehouse industry is also witnessing recent changes, learning from mistakes, facing new challenges, and embracing new opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emerging Trends in the Warehousing Industry Post-Pandemic<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The effect of COVID has made all business owners rethink their business strategies. The warehousing sector has witnessed drastic changes during the pandemic and is still adjusting to today’s “normal.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rise Of E-Commerce<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The COVID situation has affected people enormously. Even though online shopping was a familiar concept, the pandemic escalated its surge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the government was implementing continuous lockdowns, social distancing, and strict preventive measures for the safety of the public, it also affected their shopping habits (i.e., their behavioral habits). People tend to use the internet to buy their everyday necessities like groceries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per the reports, the Indian e-commerce market during the year 2018 was approximately 22 billion US dollars, which escalated to 30 billion in the financial year 2020 and doubled by 2021 when the calculations were closed at 84 billion US dollars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This epic graph has influenced many merchants to makeshift their business online. This makeshift has developed more demand for warehouses to rent<\/a>. Many established e-commerce firms are setting up warehouses in the city to enhance the customer experience and reduce the delivery time for perishable items.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Technology Boom. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While technology is making a strong foothold in every business, it surely has left a great impact on the warehousing sector. Though digitization was making its way to the industry’s warehousing at a slow pace, COVID gave it a push. Those who had already adapted the digitization before COVID benefited during the lockdown because: <\/p>\n\n\n\n