Delivering to people’s homes within very tight time windows can account for up to 38 per cent of total home delivery transport costs, according to a study by Paragon Software Systems and drop-box newcomer Inboxout.
Read MoreHome Delivery Access, the company behind Britain’s first built-in, refrigerated home-delivery drop-off box, is now offering a selection of solutions for unattended home delivery under Delivery Point branding. Its offerings were on display at the e-delivery expo in London in February.
Read MoreForty-two per cent of home shoppers have had to collect missed deliveries from a Post Office or other depot in the past year and 25 per cent have done this more than once. Fifty-four per cent have waited in for a home delivery, and 28 per cent have done this at least three times. Thirty-one per cent have waited in for a delivery that failed to arrive.
Read MoreThe increasing number of solutions to unattended home deliveries share several common themes, but it’s far from clear yet which way the market will go
Read MoreNearly half the fleet managers interviewed for this year’s Lex Transfleet Report on Freight Transport (46 per cent) think home shopping will increase the number of small trucks and vans on the road. The report says this confirms findings that eight out of ten motorists who buy over the Internet expect to use this medium even more in future. Encouragingly, 91 per cent found that goods were generally delivered on time.
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