ROYAL Mail is to trial a Sunday parcel delivery service for a number of major retailers. It will take on Amazon in the seven-days-a-week delivery market. 3 Royal Mail is set to test out a Sunday parcel delivery service for major retailersCredit: Getty – Contributor The move comes as more …
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Read More »Royal Mail to pilot Sunday parcel delivery
Royal Mail worker Royal Mail is to trial Sunday parcel deliveries for major retailers amid an online shopping boom. Internet sales were already on the up before the coronavirus crisis, but the pandemic caused huge growth in 2020. Royal Mail said the trial would open the door to parcel deliveries …
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Royal Mail says it has successfully collected one million parcels in just five months via its parcel pick-up scheme, which was rolled out in October 2020. Parcel Collect affords UK online retailers and consumers the option to send or return goods without having to leave the house. Collections, which …
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