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Need to send or collect a parcel? Go to the supermarket!
FROM SEPTEMBER, BRANCHES of Tesco, the UK’s largest supermarket chain, will be home to delivery and collection points for carrier Hermes’ ParcelShop services.
Thousands of ParcelShops are already based in corner shops, petrol stations and independent businesses, enabling Brits to send and return parcels, any time, seven days a week, even with free parking.
Hermes ParcelShop will handle over 80 million parcels through its Out of Home network this year, through a network that already includes 6,000+ independent retailers, retail groups and lockers with the aim being that, by next year, 80% of Brits will be within
a 10-minute walk of their nearest ParcelShop or locker.
Kath Gill, Head of ParcelShop Services at Hermes, says: “The last
18 months have demonstrated the importance of being able to meet ever-changing consumer demands when it comes to both online shopping
and customer-to-customer sending,
so we continue to invest in our infrastructure, technology and services
to support the nation.”
www.tescoplc.com www.myhermes.co.uk
Online Aussies’ home orientation boosts Bunnings’ business
BUNNINGS.COM.AU LED AUSTRALIA’S
second quarter online traffic numbers, according to online visibility analysis platform, SEMrush, with traffic +74% year-on-year and 5.7 million more visitors than the next Aussie-based retailer, Amazon Australia.
Woolworths was in third place, followed by Kmart and JB Hi-Fi, with Big W, Coles, Microsoft, Harvey Norman, and Officeworks rounding out the top 10.
Other key Aussie site traffic findings included Ikea.com.au which better than doubled its numbers year on year, and Spotlight with 61% growth.
Up almost 60%, visits to department store websites (e.g Kmart, Target, Myer, and David Jones) were dominant, with almost equal volumes visiting electronics and office equipment retailers and home and hardware retailers.
www.semrush.comv
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