Pointpack forecasts that the total number of private parcel machines (APM) and courier points (PickUp – Drop Off point) will exceed 100,000 in 2025, compared to approx. 55 thousand currently, Marek Piosik, president of Pointpack SA, said. The Management Board of Pointpack estimates that the value of investments in the network of vending machines in Poland by 2025 may exceed PLN 2.7 billion.
“More and more often we observe a trend in which customers choose the method of delivery of their parcel, primarily by convenience. It is understood as the distance to the point or courier machine. Therefore, the market is developing towards a significant increase in the number of points and courier machines. that consumers are not unequivocally declared to use a parcel locker or point of sale. If the customer is closer to the point, he orders it there. However, when he is able to pick up the parcel faster from the machine, he will choose this option. of customers would be for each point or machine to be serviced by more courier companies. In such a situation, more customers would be able to collect their parcels more conveniently,” said Piosik in an interview with ISBnews.
“Pointpack supports the drive to create a network of shared points and courier machines. The increase in the number of vending machines will be in line with the trends observed now. This will benefit not only companies and consumers, but also the environment. We anticipate that the value of investment in the infrastructure of building a network of vending machines on our domestic market by 2025 may exceed PLN 2.7 billion,” he added.
He also pointed out that, according to external forecasts, by 2025 30% of the total OOH volume (out of home deliveries – to vending machines and points) will be driven in the C2C trade channel, mainly by second-hand trade. Statistics also show that deliveries to courier machines can handle up to an average of 600-800 shipments, compared to around 200 in the case of door-to-door delivery.
“Our mission in the near future, apart from the active opening of sending and receiving points, is to support the projects of building a network of courier machines. We are observing a trend in the world where collection points are armed with courier machines. We want to develop an open ecosystem of urban logistics, in which both commercial networks, Developers and local entrepreneurs, thanks to our technological support, can independently participate in the construction of a network of courier machines available to everyone,” emphasized Piosik.
Pointpack has exceeded 40 million shipments and over 10,000 points of sending and receiving.
In June, the company announced that it was planning to move to the main market of the WSE in the second half of the year, 2021.
Pointpack is a technological partner building IT solutions and maintenance services for the commercial and courier industry in the area of the infrastructure of the first and last mile of city logistics. Pointpack technology is an application that integrates cash register systems, cash registers as well as checkout devices and transmitting and receiving devices in retail chains and points of sale. The company is listed on NewConnect.
Source: ISBnews
