Returns are painful for online sellers, but one company sees them as an opportunity. Delivery service DoorDash announced Package Pickup that caters to shoppers who can’t or don’t want to make a trip to the Post Office or UPS/FedEx to Read more
Amazon is encouraging shoppers to pick up packages instead of having them delivered to their homes, which could ease any potential strain on its delivery network as the pandemic seems certain to make this online holiday shopping season unlike any Read more
eBay is running a promotion for UK sellers on discounted home pick-up and delivery through a partnership with delivery services provider, Packlink. “Now at a reduced price, eBay is enabling the collection and delivery of parcels directly from your doorstep Read more
UPS is encouraging customers to pick up their packages instead of having them delivered. It’s not surprising – residential delivery is more costly for shipping carriers (though they charge shippers a surcharge when they send to a home address), and Read more
Amazon has added thousands of new locations for free package pickup nationwide. New partners include GNC, Health Mart and Stage Stores. Since its US launch in June 2019, Amazon Hub Counter has brought in tens of thousands of Amazon customers Read more
Over 100 Rite Aid stores opened Amazon Counters today, and that number will expand to over 1,500 by the end of the year. Amazon Counters allow customers to easily pickup their Amazon packages. Amazon plans to expand the Counter network Read more
FedEx is leveraging Dollar General store locations as it pushes more aggressively into ecommerce. The shipping carrier announced on Monday it will add over 8,000 Dollar General stores to its network of package drop-off, return, and hold-for-pickup options. FedEx has Read more
Amazon launched a new service in the UK and Italy called Counter, a “click & collect” option that allows buyers to pick up their orders from retail stores. Amazon is looking for partners of all sizes, from family-run corner shops Read more
UPS is running a promotion that rewards shoppers for using package pickup, specifically, UPS Access Point locations. “Last mile delivery” to residential addresses is expensive and comes with challenges (porch package theft, apartment building deliveries). There are nearly 9,000 UPS Read more
Remember package lockers the USPS began testing in 2011 that allowed shoppers to have packages shipped to them for pickup as an alternative to home delivery? The Postal Service announced this week it’s expanding its “gopost” lockers. Despite the fact Read more
