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| | | | 26/03/2015 | Retail Week, Matthew Chapman - Retailers team up to launch click-and-collect alliance | | | | | Retailers sign up to DPD’s PickUp click and collect initiative | | | | | Retail Week reports that online shoppers will soon be able to buy a product from one retailer and pick up from another as part of DPD's PickUp click and collect initiative.
The innovative scheme is intended to drive footfall to stores by providing convenient collection points. DPD is seeking to build a network of 2,500 stores across big retailers in the UK.
Halfords has committed 351 stores to the initiative. Its director of digital Katrina Jamieson said the "very smart" service fits with the retailer’s customer-centric strategy.
The Rowlands and Numark pharmacy chains have also signed up to PickUp, adding 683 shops.
The scheme, which launches in June, will enable customers shopping online with a participating DPD client to have their order delivered to a Halfords, Rowland or Numark store.
DPD boss Dwain McDonald said he is in discussions with other big-name clients about allowing their goods to be delivered to participating retail peers and acting as pick-up points themselves.
Although McDonald declined to say which retailers he is in talks with, DPD’s clients include Marks & Spencer, John Lewis, Arcadia, River Island and Asos.
PickUp is designed to ensure customers anywhere in the UK are within a 10- minute drive of a local pick-up point. |
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