Australia Post has announced they will be teaming up with 7-Eleven to make package delivery “wonderfully easier.”
With over 500 new locations for parcel pick-up, Australia Post hopes to improve convenience for their customers, while also being able to more accurately handle the surge in online shopping.
The pandemic has seen a rapid rise in parcel volumes for AusPost; almost 32 per cent in the 2020-21 financial year.
As lockdowns across NSW and QLD continue thanks to the Delta variant of COVID-19, more and more people are relying on online shopping to get their essentials, which has been encouraged by health authorities.
“To help meet the needs of the more than 9 million households who shop online, Australia Post customers will have the choice of many more parcel locker locations and will be able to access the lockers at 7-Eleven stores 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” AusPost said in a statement on Thursday.
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Australia Post Executive General Manager Community & Consumer Nicole Sheffield said the partnership is thanks to the millions of Aussies who have embraced online shopping in the past year.
She said, “This partnership with 7-Eleven gives our customers greater choice on the most convenient way to collect what they’ve bought, at the times and places that suit them, which is why expanding our locker network into 7-Eleven stores just makes sense.”
The service kicks off at more than 200 7-Eleven stores where ParcelMate lockers are already in use, with another 300 7-Eleven stores to be added for Australia Post deliveries by the end of 2021.
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