myHermes ParcelShops to Open at Payzone Outlets
Hermes, the consumer delivery specialist, has teamed up with Payzone to open myHermes ParcelShops at over 1,000 of its outlets nationwide. Payzone, a national branded consumer payment network, is the latest partner to join the myHermes ParcelShop network, which is expected to reach more than 5,000 sites by the end of the year. Each retail outlet will be specifically chosen based on a range of criteria which includes extended opening times, parking and population breakdown in order to maximise parcel volumes and provide a valuable service to the local community. All shops will be provided with branded POS and will be featured on the myHermes ParcelShop finder for customers to find in the usual way.
Mark Mellor, Sales and Marketing Director at Payzone UK Ltd, commented: “This is a great new service for Payzone and sits nicely alongside our other basket of services. In addition, it should provide increased footfall and great revenue for retailers adding to their offering for customers whilst providing greater awareness in the local community of Payzone services.”
Rob Edson, CFO at Hermes said: “We already have myHermes ParcelShops at over 700 Payzone stores and are confident that these additional 1,000 locations will also meet our high standards in terms of quality, location and availability. We see our relationship with Payzone as a strategic partnership – the tie up will be instrumental in accelerating the growth of our ParcelShop estate and ultimately providing greater multichannel choice and convenience for our customers in 2014 and beyond.”
myHermes ParcelShop provides an effective means of sending personal and business parcels, which is proving extremely popular with small businesses, niche online retailers, eBay powersellers, Amazon Marketplace sellers and consumers. It also allows people to return unwanted Internet purchases and to specify their nearest location as an alternative delivery address. myHermes ParcelShop is an extension to the myhermes.co.uk service, which offers an affordable delivery solution that can be quickly ordered online with items collected direct from the door or dropped off at a ParcelShop.
