Cyber Weekend ‘here to stay’, DPD UK boss

DPD UK has recorded its biggest ever Cyber Weekend, with parcel volumes up 13% on last year. 

The company experienced record volumes of parcels in its four automated sorting hubs each night in the week running up to Black Friday and through the weekend. Parcel volumes are expected to fall slightly now, before building to a second peak on 16th December following the last major weekend of online Christmas shopping.

Dwain McDonald, DPD UK's CEO, says: ”It has been an incredible weekend. The whole team has been absolutely amazing. We start planning for peak in January and we look at every single aspect of the whole process, but when it all comes together it is still a great achievement for everyone involved.”

Black Friday and Cyber Weekend are here to stay, he adds. “We have had to adapt our plans significantly in recent years, but we work incredibly hard with our retail customers to ensure we can give them the same great service in November and December as we do over the rest of the year." 

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