InPost has signed a five-year partnership agreement with the online sales platform in the used fashion segment Vinted, the company said. Thus, InPost becomes one of Vinted’s partners throughout Europe. The service will be provided under the InPost brand in Great Britain, Poland and Italy and Mondial Relay in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.
The agreement will allow the use of InPost’s extensive cross-border network of 35,000 out-of-home delivery points and offering Vinted users the option of picking up their purchases at a time and place convenient for them, it said.
“This is our first pan-European partnership, spanning all eight markets where we operate. We believe this is just the beginning. Our deal with Vinted shows that InPost has the scale and capabilities to be a strategic out-of-home delivery partner for businesses operating in in markets all over Europe – with particular emphasis on out-of-home services. We are glad to be part of the Vinted shipping solution,” said Rafał Brzoska, CEO of InPost.
“As a company focused on offering our members the best options for shipping and receiving shipments, with a focus on PUDO and Lockbox options, we are delighted to continue our successful collaboration with InPost and Mondial Relay in many European markets,” added Vytautas Atkočaitis, Shipping Director at Vinted.
Vinted is the largest online consumer market in Europe dedicated to second-hand fashion, with over 50 million users in 13 European countries as well as the United States and Canada.
InPost is a delivery platform for e-commerce. Established in 1999 by Rafał Brzoska in Poland, InPost has a network of parcel lockers in Poland, Great Britain and Italy, and also provides courier and fullfilment services for e-commerce sellers in Poland. In 2020, InPost handled 249 million parcels via Paczkomaty, cooperating with over 26,000 e-sellers. The company’s mobile application – InPost Mobile has over 6 million active users. In January 2021, InPost made its debut on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange.
Source: InPost and ISBnews
