Customers wanting to send Vinted orders can now get free reusable packaging through 100 of Evri’s ParcelShops, ending the trend of orders sent in bread bags or supermarket carriers.
The initial 8-week trial is planned to be expanded to nearly 300 locations over the trial period, with the packaging expected to be used in nearly 100,000 shipments.
The reusable packaging is designed to fit a medium sized Vinted parcel and has been created with two adhesive strips, allowing both Vinted buyers and sellers to use it.
Following Evri’s recently announced plans to expand its locker network to double in size to 25,000 locations by 2030, it’s hoped that the packaging could be rolled out across more of the delivery company’s ParcelShops if the trial is successful. Vinted’s delivery arm Vinted Go recently signed a four-year extended contract with Evri.
Vytautas Atkočaitis, vice president of Vinted Go, said: “At Vinted we are committed to doing all we can to make it even easier for our members to shop second-hand. By collaborating with selected carrier partners including Evri, to provide free and reusable packaging we hope to encourage our members to opt for packaging that is suitable for repeat use and fits the size of their items better”.
Claire Phelan, head of ecommerce partnerships at Evri, said: “We’re thrilled to be the first UK delivery carrier to be able to support Vinted’s trial of reusable packaging. By stocking this at almost 300 of our Evri ParcelShops, it provides their army of sellers with an efficient and reusable solution by which to send their parcels. And, as we forecast issuing over 100K units of Vinted’s reusable packaging during the trial, its multi-use feature is fantastic, also giving buyers the opportunity to re-purpose.”
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