InPost expands Vinted partnership with launch of over the counter parcel collection service
InPost has announced an expansion of its Vinted partnership, with the launch of InPost Shop, a new parcel pick-up service in the UK.
The C2C online second-hand fashion marketplace led an initial trial earlier this year.
The service gives its members the option to collect parcels from participating stores, providing an additional OOH collection option alongside InPost's 5,000 strong locker network.
Michael Rouse, CEO at InPost International, comments: “While we will always be a locker first company, we’re constantly looking for ways to take convenience to the next level for our customers and their shoppers.”
“This is exactly what our new InPost Shop Service helps us to do, as our Vinted partnership goes from strength to strength. It enables us to accelerate our network capacity to capture further demand for InPost’s services.”
“Furthermore, in some areas where APMs installation is tricky due to space constraints we can still add a collection point for our growing two million user base. This marks an important milestone in our mission to become the UK’s largest OOH provider.”
He adds: “The success of our partnership with Vinted is clear confirmation that there is strong appetite from consumers for high quality out of home delivery services.”
“And we’re proud to be growing our offering to make parcel collection even easier for consumers, while supporting our retail partners such as Vinted, who are also experiencing rapid growth, and working together to unlock genuinely convenient parcel delivery solutions.”
Vytautas Atkocaitis, Vice President at Vinted Go, says: “While our buyers and sellers love the greater choice and convenience that InPost’s out-of-home delivery solutions provide them, Vinted’s first Climate Impact Report also showed that on average, PUDO deliveries instead of a buyer’s home delivery reduces the emissions of a typical Vinted shipment by 62%.”
“The expansion of the geographical focus of our partnership is indicative of the high levels of demand we are seeing for our combined services, and we’re thrilled to evolve our offering to further serve this market, help drive the circular economy and empower even more people to join the second-hand fashion revolution.”
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