The new shopping trend: ''Click and Collect''

Missed deliveries are now a thing of the past for online shoppers with Parcelly’s click and collect technology.

Click and Collect is now booming in Europe. 2015 statistics reveal that in the UK, one third of all online retail revenue now comes from click and collect transactions. 73% of online consumers have used click and collect services in the UK in 2015(IMRG). A recent report from JDA and Centrino also showed that 41% of shoppers used click and collect services over the Christmas period vs 39% in 2014. However, the survey also highlights that 1 in 3 customers were not happy with their click and collect experience.

These days the typical online shopper leads a busy lifestyle, and many consumers now find it easier to use click and collect services. Parcelly aims to make this click and collect process as easy and convenient as possible for both customers and retailers, by allowing customers to send parcels to their chosen Parcelly location from any web store, worldwide. Our parcel enthusiasts will then ensure that your package arrives safely at your local Parcelly collection point, instead of your doorstep. In addition, our click and collect service is highly flexible, as customers can pick up their parcels at a time and location that suits them, with many of our locations open late nights or even 24/7. Our competitive pricing and the convenience we offer are what have led to us expanding rapidly in the click and collect industry over the past year.

In the frantic modern world of e-commerce, retailers have to keep pace with the competition and diversify their click and collect services in order to meet the increasing demand for convenience from consumers. ‘’We are constantly working with new online retailers to offer them our app based click and collect solution,’’ says Sebastian Steinhauser, Parcelly’s CEO.

Parcelly transforms your online shopping experience

Parcelly provides a service to consumers not just from their computers, but through our mobile app too.

Over the last few years’ modern consumption patterns have evolved drastically, to the point where consumers across all age groups are aware of the latest brands and trends over-taking the market. Information about different products is widely accessible by consumers for all segments through a variety of mediums. Online shopping has seen an eminent change in the last few years. Consumer habits have also changed; today’s shoppers are digital savvy. Businesses have been quick to adopt evolving technologies to meet consumer’s needs and create online brand recognition.

Smartphones, for instance exhibit modern consumption. Studies on consumers’ behaviour of purchasing from a smartphone, from the actual adoption to post-usage behaviour, have been the primary focus in market research of late. In Europe, North and South America there has been a huge growth in the telecommunication industry with increases in disposable income. Market research shows the increasing demand from online shoppers for alternative, flexible and more convenient delivery options which blend seamlessly into their personal lifestyle. Parcelly meets this demand by providing a service to consumers not just from their computers, but through our mobile app too.

Parcelly was born to meet the expectation of digital savvy shoppers and make the consumer’s journey easier. With busy lifestyles these days we believed it was time to resolve these problems for good, so we started researching and gathered a team of parcel enthusiasts. It’s simple and innovative. Parcelly is currently running a network of more than 250 locations across London and the U.K. With our smart mobile app, you can always keep track of your delivery and handle the entire collection process, so that you can receive your packages stress-free. When you download the app and follow the instructions, you’ll receive a unique Parcelly ID along with the delivery address of your chosen Parcelly location. You can enter this address as your own with any online retailer worldwide and no matter which international or local courier is delivering.

We're the 'New Business of the Year 2015'

Parcelly has been awarded ‘New Business of the Year’, by Free2Network, Wales. 
LONDON - Parcelly is offering a fully mobile based click & collect solution to solve the problem of failed home deliveries and to convert any local business into a parcel collection point. The service is smartphone based which makes it very easy to setup and operate for Parcelly locations, allowing consumers to buy with any online retailer worldwide and to collect their online purchases where and when they want.

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Parcelly has been selected among a large number of entries as a Winner in the New Business of the Year category by this year's judge and host Margaret Carter, CEO of The Patchwork Traditional Food Company.

Based in London, Parcelly was launched in December 2014 and already has a network of over 250 collection points in London and across the UK. Parcelly was created to overcome the frustration felt by consumers attempting to take delivery of their online purchases which were being delivered to their home at inconvenient times. By collaborating with local businesses as delivery service drop off points, Parcelly also actively increases business revenue and converts online shoppers into footfall. Parcelly has already compensated more than 10 tons of CO2 greenhouse gases by cutting down on repeated deliveries to the same address and donate 5% of the price of each parcel handled to further reduce the carbon footprint. 

Margaret Carter, CEO of The Patchwork Traditional Food Company said: “Brilliant concept. I love that you saw a hole in the domestic delivery system in London and created a business model with masses of potential for growth not only in the UK but also across Europe. I admire that you have exited the banking world and have become an Award Winning Entrepreneur in your first 12 months.”
Sebastian Steinhauser, CEO of Parcelly said: “We’re very proud to be presented with this award especially from a Welsh based award network as we’ve just recently started growing our Parcelly network in Wales in our effort to expand nationwide and to extend our offering to any type of local businesses, such as newsagents, dry cleaners, convenience stores, book shops, but also petrol stations, gyms and pharmacies.”

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Parcelly Celebrates One-Year Anniversary: Announcing New Service Features, Partnerships and UK Expansion

Parcelly Celebrates One-Year Anniversary: Announcing New Service Features, Partnerships and UK Expansion

Last year, Parcelly launched in the UK with the mission to simplify your parcel collection by allowing you to pick-up all your online purchases how, when and where is most convenient for you. With now more than 200 locations in 5 cities across the UK - growing every day - we had a fantastic first year.  

And we’re just getting started. To coincide with these milestones, Parcelly is introducing a whole set of new service features, is negotiating with numerous  future business partners along the entire supply chain (which cannot be disclosed yet), and is continuing to grow and expand nationwide.

We’ve listened to the industry.
The countless conversations we’ve had with our existing and future business partners in our first year confirms that there is a clear need for convenient Click&Collect solutions. However, online retailer and logistic companies continue to struggle with either offering consumer convenient last-mile delivery solutions, or integrating the right solution into their existing platform. As we’ve worked with industry representatives over the last 12 months, it has become clear that choosing the right last-mile service or technology platform for their product or service are not their biggest struggles. The most pressing challenge for the
E-commerce industry is finding ways to better connect with their customers. We’ve listened to these concerns and believe parcel collection needs to be time efficient, reliable, but most of all convenient. Parcelly makes it all that and more — user and community friendly, environmentally engaging and, above all, it puts you in full control. You decide how, when and where you receive your online purchases.

We’re just getting started.
By our second anniversary, our goal is to multiply the number of Parcelly locations and overall growth rate and see our network reach all corners of the country. Many thanks to our current network of Parcelly locations and business partners, including Convenience Stores, Newsagents, Dry Cleaners, Petrol Stations, Pharmacies, Gyms, Book shops, and all other retailers, who have introduced us to their local communities. We’ll continue to develop our brand awareness through partnerships like these.

Speaking of partnerships, today we’re proud to announce our new relationship with 2 petrol forecourt chains in the West Midlands and Wales. Much of our growth can be attributed to support from organisations like these local chains, which help us to accelerate our brand building and customer growth. We look forward to continue working with our business partners and to support local high streets, town centres and communities. Stay tuned for more news on that front.

Parcelly is the only fully smartphone based Click&Collect solution in the UK, compatible to any online retailer or carrier worldwide. We're also focused on giving back: turning online shoppers back into footfall for local high streets and reducing the environmental impacts of online shopping. 

If you’re a local business that wants to become a Parcelly location, join us today! and if you're an online shopper who wants to never miss a parcel delivery again, try it for free!

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