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FarEye launches new order-to-door delivery solutions

Posted on by David Priestman

Global e-commerce sales are expected to grow to $7.4bn by 2025, more than double since 2018, leading to increased last-mile logistics complexity and heightened consumer expectations. FarEye is introducing new solutions addressing these challenges, oriented to key areas in the order-to-door delivery journey – ship, track, route, execute, and experience.

“Our mission from day one has always been to make the delivery experience better. Today, it is no longer just about delivery, it’s about the entire experience, from first click to order through to doorstep delivery,” said Kushal Nahata, CEO and co-founder, FarEye. “Companies must solve the last mile first, as the most critical, complicated, and costly aspect of the delivery journey. Our new solutions help companies turn the last mile into a competitive advantage, driving value, reducing last-mile costs, all while increasing brand loyalty and repeat purchases.”

FarEye’s products are underpinned by the FarEye Platform, an all-in-one low code/no code delivery logistics platform combining orchestration, real-time visibility, branded customer experiences, and business process management to ensure deliveries are on-time and accurate, from order-to-door.

These new modular products sit atop the Platform, and efficiently execute the last-mile delivery process, ensuring a seamless consumer experience:

  • Ship: Meet customers where they are, offering a flexible range of delivery options. Optimize multi-carrier-enabled deliveries for peak efficiency and on-time delivery performance.
  • Track: Provide real-time shipment-level visibility throughout the order-to-delivery journey, avoid delays and disruptions.
  • Route: Make deliveries more profitable with dynamic constraint-based route planning and scheduling.
  • Execute: Accelerate cross-dock and driver operations, leading to faster operations at the delivery hub or warehouse.
  • Experience: Deliver a branded, differentiated customer experience throughout the pre- and post-purchase process – from order tracking and scheduling, to delivery notifications to returns and exchanges.

Companies in the e-commerce and retail, big and bulky, and courier and logistics industries looking to increase operational efficiencies and create superior customer delivery experiences can download the new Last-mile Technology Buyer’s Guide on the FarEye website.

 

 

Asset Alliance Group supplies Furniture Village with trucks

Posted on by Keith McKinley

The UK’s largest independent furniture retailer, Furniture Village, has extended its six-year relationship with Asset Alliance Group by refreshing part of its home delivery fleet with 15 MAN and eight DAF trucks.

The 7.5 tonne DAF LF 180 and MAN TGL 7.190 vehicles, supplied on a five-year full-service contract hire agreement, will each make around 10 deliveries per day from 15 distribution hubs nationwide.

The new trucks are part of a 76-strong home delivery fleet run by the company, which opened its first store in Abingdon in 1989 and will open its 55th store in Colchester later this year.

Group Logistics Controller at Furniture Village, Carl Hood, says: “Our shiny new blue vehicles really grab attention. They are great for business and growing the reputation of the company.

“If you have nice trucks with smartly dressed drivers, people better understand that you’ll handle their furniture in a professional manner.”

After five years of running delivery trucks with manual transmission, Furniture Village specified automatic gearboxes on the new vehicles to satisfy drivers’ preferences.

Each is fitted with a tuck-away tail-lift to help teams manage heavier items of furniture, as well as a Spillard camera system to assist drivers with inner-city deliveries.

The Slough-based furniture retailer already runs a core fleet of trucks supplied by Asset Alliance Group, after taking its first vehicles from the business in 2016.

Hood says: “We are repeat customers for good reason. What’s great about Asset Alliance Group is the team’s excellent communication and ability to help us source whatever we need to maintain our high-quality home delivery fleet.

“They offer competitive rates and an unmatched level of customer service, so we’re only too happy to continue our strong relationship with the company.”

Home delivery: one size does not fit all

Posted on by David Priestman

One of the key findings of Descartes’ recent study of consumer sentiment of sustainable home delivery practices was that consumers have different delivery expectations when it comes to sustainability. Half of the respondents said that they were quite/very interested in sustainable delivery options. Moreover, the great news about the delivery options favoured by consumers is that they are all lower cost alternatives. The challenge and opportunity, then, is for retailers to recognise that consumers want sustainable delivery choices and that providing choice results in happier customers and a better bottom line while helping the environment, as Chris Jones, EVP, Descartes, outlines.

Essentially, the study underscores that a lot of consumers have sustainable delivery personas. In fact, there are a number of delivery personas that retailers can use to increase loyalty as well as top and bottom line performance. So, what are delivery personas? The concept of buying personas is widely understood in the retail community as a way to maximise sales by serving different types of consumer purchasing experiences. The same thing can be applied to home delivery. Consumers have differing expectations for home delivery and are happier when they can select the delivery option that is most consistent with those expectations.

In working with leading retailers, we previously identified four delivery personas that relate to the speed and precision of a home delivery:

  • Cost, Cost, Cost: Some consumers are extremely cost-sensitive and will take the slowest delivery service if it saves them money. They are willing to wait days for the product and care less when the delivery arrives during the day.
  • Parcel Mentality: Typical parcel deliveries are fast, but not necessarily time definite at the point of purchase. The majority of goods such as apparel and other smaller items are delivered this way. These customers are happy with the fast delivery cycle and don’t care if the package is left on the doorstep sometime during the day.
  • Convenience Matters: Many large format items fit into this category. These consumers don’t value fast; they value a tight time window. For instance, a kitchen renovation purchase (e.g. fridge) is made in advance, but the delivery is made close to the installation date. If delivered too early, the item would consume space in the customer’s home for weeks and risk damage until the appropriate time in the project for its installation.
  • Time Is Their Currency: There are a class of consumers who are cash rich and time poor. They want their delivery ASAP and won’t sit around waiting all day for it. This may be high-value impulse purchase goods or replacement items, for example. These customers are also most likely to pay for the privilege and it doesn’t take too many of them to offset a significant amount of the overall delivery cost.

Now there is a fifth delivery persona: sustainability.

Clearly, the study identified that consumers want eco-friendly delivery options and are very flexible in terms of delivery choices when they are tied to sustainability efforts. For instance:

  • Over half (54%) said that they would be willing to accept longer lead times for environmentally friendly deliveries.
  • Half said that they were quite/very interested in grouping orders for delivery on a specific day of the week (50%) or when the retailer had deliveries in the area (47%)
  • Almost half (48%) want the retailer to recommend the most environmentally friendly delivery option

All of these options present retailers with the opportunity to lower their delivery costs by reducing the number of deliveries they must make, increasing delivery density, better planning deliveries with longer lead times to improve efficiency and steering customers to eco-friendly – and lower cost –  delivery options. In addition, the sustainability persona can be combined with other personas. For instance, identifying the most sustainable options for ‘parcel mentality’ or ‘time is their currency’ deliveries.

Sustainable delivery was so important to some that 20% of respondents said they would pay more for an environmentally-friendly delivery. For Gen Z and Millennials, the number increased to 27%. This may not sound like a significant percentage, but Descartes has worked with retailers who have realised millions of pounds in incremental revenue by up-charging for premium services at that attached rate.

Not only do consumers want eco-friendly delivery options, 42% of those surveyed also want retailers to provide details around the potential environmental consequence of their delivery options. The sustainability message here goes beyond retailers to the logistics industry as a whole (i.e. parcel carriers, LTL carriers, dedicated last mile services providers, etc.) as they will have to be able to provide the carbon footprint of their delivery services and – in a number of cases – do this dynamically for retailers.

Conclusion

Sustainability has now become an important delivery persona option. The key change for retailers to leverage delivery personas is to abandon monolithic, ‘one-size-fits-all’ approaches to home delivery, provide consumers with delivery choices that are priced accordingly and let consumers self-select the delivery option that best fits their desires. Consumers will happily select an option that could lead to lower costs or increased revenue for the retailer.

Just as retailers steer consumers during the buying experience, the same can also happen when consumers are choosing a delivery option. The study showed that almost half of the respondents wanted retailers to identify the most sustainable delivery options. How often do consumers want retailers to provide service options that actually lower the retailer’s costs? This is precisely why Descartes named the study “Retailers: Sustainability is Not a Challenge, It’s an Opportunity”.

Clean Motion launches solar delivery vehicle

Posted on by David Priestman

Clean Motion has officially launched its electric solar delivery vehicle, EVIG. It will now be possible to configure and order the vehicle using Clean Motion’s own fleet configurator on its website with delivery scheduled for Q1 2023.

The company has also revealed its new “ground-breaking” fleet calculator making it possible to calculate both cost and emissions from the fleet and compare it with conventional EVs.

Clean Motion says EVIG is the answer to the critical need for electric delivery vehicles for cities. It is optimised for last-mile deliveries in urban environments, able to carry anything from pallets and packages to post and food. Its manufacturer says it is for things that need to be moved in cities with minimal impact.

It has been carefully developed based on market needs. In Europe there are over 16 million LCVs operating in cities, mostly running on fossil fuels. With the new vehicle EVIG, Clean Motion says it intends to set a new standard for city delivery and urban utility vehicles.

EVIG takes energy efficiency to a new level by having the lightest vehicle weight to cargo volume on the market. Its key features include:

  • 2.5 cu m cargo space for maximised utilisation
  • 2.5 sq m solar roof for minimal dependence on charging infrastructure
  • Low weight for optimised energy efficiency and long range
  • Battery range up to 200km
  • Prices starting at €10,900

The company has also released its new fleet calculator where customers can compare and calculate costs and emissions of their fleet and compare it with conventional electric vehicles.

Packfleet steers away from gig economy

Posted on by David Priestman

All-electric delivery company Packfleet says it is revolutionising seasonal driver standards this Christmas by offering sector-topping benefits during the notoriously busy period.

At a time that is plagued with horror stories from drivers working for well-known courier companies, Packfleet is paying all its drivers above the London living wage, and provides private healthcare and pensions.

Workers will receive free lunch and snacks when they’re on the road, and £30 a month to spend at some of the 130+ merchants who ship with Packfleet – including meal kit service Dishpatch, and online cheesemonger Cheesegeek.

Packfleet will more than double its workforce during the seasonal spike, with a variety of part-time and full-time roles available. The business will be offering drivers permanent contracts once the Christmas period has finished, to help expand their operation across the country.

At a time where many cash-strapped Londoners are looking to supplement incomes, Packfleet’s seasonal staff are both paid 30% better than industry average and are set to be the best treated in Britain. Drivers from the likes of Yodel, DPD and Evri have already jumped ship, citing the better workplace culture as the main draw.

Packfleet says it isn’t just leading the way with driver standards, it says it is also protecting the planet. Its entire fleet is electric and charged by renewable energy, and it plants a tree for every parcel shipped.

Tristan Thomas, CEO and co-founder of Packfleet, says “We believe that every driver should be treated fairly all year round. You see office staff up and down the country receive all sorts of benefits during the festive season, so why shouldn’t it be the same for drivers?

“The logistics sector is rife with horror stories – especially during such a notoriously busy period – and we’re changing that. We don’t overwhelm our drivers with parcels, and our tech puts them on the quickest route possible, meaning they don’t have to speed around London to hit delivery targets.

“We’re bringing driver employment standards in line with the rest of the working world. The stories we hear from drivers at the major courier services are, quite frankly, unacceptable. It’s disgraceful that these have become the industry standard.”

Ayath Ullah, a delivery driver for Packfleet, says: “At Packfleet, we deliver on time, but I’m encouraged to speak with customers, and never feel overwhelmed with unrealistic delivery expectations. In my previous courier job, I constantly felt under pressure to deliver parcels quickly at all costs – but I’ve never felt that way at Packfleet.

“I’ve been here for over a year now, and my experience with them has been 10x better than at any other company. I love it here, and don’t understand why more businesses aren’t treating their drivers this well.”

Applications for the seasonal roles are open now, and prospective drivers can apply by following THIS LINK.

NL ranks first for courier innovation

Posted on by David Priestman

According to a new study, the The Netherlands ranks first with UK fifth in Europe for capacity for innovation, technological progress and sustainability in the delivery and courier industry. The UK leads the way for the continent in legislation for automated cars, with only Germany having more in place.

The research found the UK performs well across a range of factors that signal potential to innovate in road delivery services. The UK ranks just above Sweden, Spain and Belgium, with a score over double that of Poland.

Yet, in terms of road quality and electric light commercial vehicle usage, the UK lags behind the Netherlands, Germany, France and Switzerland. Investment in these areas is needed if the UK wants to keep pace with other European nations.

The European Delivery Innovator Index, research conducted by return loads platform Courier Exchange, analysed data on various metrics connecting the courier industry with innovation and technological advancement. Factors taken into consideration include transport infrastructure, electric vehicle charging point availability and the general capacity for innovation.

Leading the way with autonomous vehicle laws

One area where the UK excels is paving the way for automated vehicles (AVs) with government legislation. Apart from Germany, every other European country either has no legislation in development or only has approval in place for testing AVs.

Autonomous vehicle adoption and other emerging technology such as drones is set to energise the last-mile delivery market, influenced by rapid growth in the e-commerce industry. The UK’s progressive legislation in this area indicates its openness to embracing new technology to expand road delivery services.

This summer, it was announced that the UK will become home to the world’s largest automated drone superhighway within the next two years. Alongside tech companies, the government unveiled plans to integrate drone deliveries into our daily lives.

Luke Davies, Commercial Director at Courier Exchange, says: “Demand for delivery services is showing no signs of slowing down, so to keep up, the sector will need to find efficiencies where it can. Innovation will play a huge role in achieving this and innovation will come in many guises, from AI to drones.

“It’s vital that the delivery sector embraces technology and adapts, particularly when customers have become so used to convenience and speedy delivery. Customers are also demanding that the goods they buy are sustainable, at every stage of the supply chain, so we’ll soon see more electric delivery vehicles on the road.

“What’s encouraging is that so many European nations are well-positioned when it comes to innovation. Just how ready they are varies from territory to territory, but the overall picture is promising and once innovative practices become the norm – and are seen to be successful – other countries will introduce them.”

CLICK HERE to read the full study, methodology details and sources.

Cleveron and Clevon present new solutions at Gitex

Posted on by David Priestman

Estonian technology companies Cleveron and Clevon (Cleveron Mobility AS) will display their new solutions in the world’s largest tech show Gitex Global, held in Dubai from October 10 to 14. As guests of Etisalat, known for its remarkable technical innovation showcases in Gitex, the two Estonian companies have created a unique system for last-mile delivery.

Cleveron presents a smart, unmanned telecom service kiosk where customers can communicate with the company and collect their purchases via a smart screen and a robotic parcel locker. Clevon is showcasing the autonomous delivery vehicle CLEVON 1, which can be used to meet various last-mile needs like grocery, parcel or on-demand ready-meal deliveries.

Cleveron’s self-service and pickup solution consist of two Cleveron products, creating an unmanned smart service kiosk for places where a permanent representation is costly or complicated. The smart service screen Cleveron 103 acts as a service point where customers can connect with the company remotely via video and make the necessary purchases. The robotic parcel locker Cleveron 405 can be prefilled with popular items, so the customers can get their purchase instantly after receiving the order PIN code. The parcel robot also acts as a delivery and pickup point for general online orders. The smart kiosk is in the live pilot phase in Estonia.

CLEVON 1 is Clevon’s flagship autonomous multi-platform delivery vehicle. Designed to navigate urban environments with ease, businesses can choose from different CLEVON 1 models, including the Universal Platform, CargoBox (retail), Lockers (logistics), Truckbed (transport), and Mobile Cameras (security). CLEVON 1 has been tested on public roads in Europe for two years and is proven to be safe and reliable, is environmentally focused with zero CO2 emissions, and reduces last-mile delivery cost by 30%. Clevon’s third-generation vehicle CLEVON 1, is already providing services together with DPD Estonia, DHL Express Estonia and IKI Supermarkets in Vilnius, Lithuania, delivering groceries, among others.

Cleveron and Clevon are guests of Etisalat, the Emirati-based multinational telecommunications services provider, which is operating in 16 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. World’s largest technology show Gitex 2022 is held in the Dubai World Trade Centre, from October 10 to 14.

Cleveron is the world leader in robotic parcel locker production, offering hardware and software for parcel handover since 2015. The Estonian company’s solutions are used by retail giants like Zara, H&M, Salling and ICA; logistics companies like DHL and DPD in more than 47 countries worldwide.

Clevon develops multifunctional autonomous vehicles that help make home delivery of goods cheaper, faster, more customer-friendly, and more environmentally friendly. The company has offices in Estonia and the US, Texas. In 2022, Clevon was listed on the Nasdaq’s North Baltic Exchange (CLEV) after spinning off from Cleveron.

 

Cabify launches logistics brand

Posted on by Keith McKinley

Cabify, the international multi-mobility platform, has opened a new chapter in its diversification of mobility solutions, this time aimed at the storage and transfer of goods, with the launch of the new Cabify Logistics brand in Spain and Latin America. With this new line of business, the company seeks to continue to grow and consolidate its position as an ally of mobility in cities, offering a safe, efficient, and sustainable quality service, taking advantage of the potential of technology.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Cabify made an ambitious commitment to the delivery service to make it easier for individuals and companies to distribute parcels in cities. Over time, the company began to gain relevance with its B2B2C service and, today, is positioned in the logistics market as a full-service technology provider, an ally of companies with online sales that seek to deliver their products in the best conditions and with multiple options. Proof of this is the accelerated evolution of this line of the company: from January to June this year, this business grew more than 2.5x, with a portfolio of more than 5,000 customers globally, among which are large companies such as Mercado Libre, among others. In addition, the platform has successfully developed strategic integrations with Shopify and Mercado Envíos Flex.

“Last year we focused on reinforcing the personalisation of the service, adapting new functionalities according to the needs of our customers. Our strong safety and quality strategy, reinforced by our high-efficiency level and delivery times of less than 30 minutes, opened the door to this new market,” said Vicente Pascual, Vice President of Cabify Logistics. “Being a service offered by Cabify has allowed us to gain the trust of thousands of companies that already know us for our ride-hailing service, which has been an important trigger for our growth. Cabify is a consolidated brand in the multi-mobility market with more than 10 years of presence in Europe and Latin America. That strength has allowed us to exceed 500,000 deliveries within eight months of launching the service in 2020, five times faster than the time it took us in our beginnings to make the first 500,000 trips,” he added.

Given the growth in demand for logistics-related services, Cabify has identified an opportunity to continue growing in this sector and expand its portfolio of mobility-related solutions. Logistics has become a new market for Cabify, which poses a new challenge for the brand as well. This line of business comprises a different type of service. It is aimed at a different audience with specific needs, which requires a new way of identifying and relating to the one that Cabify has been using until now. The new Cabify Logistics brand will accompany all logistics services aimed at companies.

New challenges: restaurants and technology

The company aims to close the year growing five times more than last year in this new line of business. To this end, Cabify expects to invest $20m in Cabify Logistics. The main focus of Cabify Logistics will continue to be the urban last-mile logistic service in Spain, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, and Chile for companies in sectors such as e-commerce, retail or pharma.

Specifically, in the Latin American market, the strategy will focus on offering immediate deliveries to supermarkets and retailers. Also, in this region, the company has started offering last-mile logistics services for restaurants that already have their own delivery order channel or use online ordering systems such as Chile’s Mercat. Chains such as Wendy’s and KFC in Argentina already use Cabify Logistics as a logistics provider. In the case of Chile, Mercat’s partner restaurants can find Cabify as a delivery option directly from the marketplace platform.

The company plans to continue advancing the cross-dock service in the Spanish market in its warehouses. This service consists of receiving a high volume of packages from one or several customers in the central warehouse to separate the goods by delivery city and routes. In addition, Cabify Logistics will continue to progress in the parcel service with solutions based on its own warehouses and key agreements that allow improving the capillarity of the service throughout the territory. In this regard, for example, Cabify already offers a storage and delivery service for products that require refrigeration in Madrid. Its clients include companies such as Colvin, flowers and plants e-commerce, and Cervezas La Virgen.

In the coming months, Cabify Logistics will continue to work on strengthening the technology that supports the operation to remain a leader in routing, real-time tracking, and warehouse management. The customisation of Cabify Logistics’ service is based on the constant development and adaptation of its technology according to the needs of its customers and on offering a user-friendly experience. In that sense, the company is looking to add new integrations with e-commerce and logistics platforms to offer a more agile way to customers who wish to start using the service.

“We are betting heavily on Cabify Logistics and will invest in strengthening our technology and team. This line of business started with five people, and to date, there are already more than 50 of us, in addition to Cabify’s central resources. We are reinforcing the team in the countries where we operate to scale the service we provide to our customers, and we will invest in strengthening our customer service centre and its technology to accelerate our 24/7 multichannel service,” Pascual said.

In terms of fleet, the company will continue to offer motorbike and car services in Latin America, where it is already the leader. As a novelty, it plans to introduce one tonne or more cargo vehicles soon and to continue increasing the electric and zero-emission fleet by including bicycles and electric scooters. In the case of Spain, 100% of Cabify Logistics’ own fleet are electric vans dedicated exclusively to the parcel service.

 

Sustainable home delivery is a win-win

Posted on by David Priestman

Focusing on sustainable home delivery will generate greater sales and more profitable operations, explains Chris Jones, EVP, Descartes.

Two seemingly conflicting trends are coming together that, if addressed correctly, could provide retailers with a competitive advantage and make them more profitable. First, consumers are increasingly concerned about the environment and are more willing than ever to act to protect it. Second, the pandemic kicked online buying and home delivery into “high gear” as many consumers embraced its convenience and dramatically expanded the scope of their online purchasing.

So, how can these two trends be mutually beneficial? Isn’t home delivery supposed to be the antithesis of sustainability? Since neither trend is going away, harnessing both represents an excellent opportunity for retailers to improve their competitive position and profitability while helping the environment.

That’s exactly what the recent study “Retailers: Sustainability is Not a Challenge, It’s an Opportunity” concluded. Conducted by Descartes and SAPIO Research, the study surveyed over 8,000 consumers in Europe and North America for their perspectives on retailers’ sustainability practices around delivery operations. Here are five points that paint a compelling picture of why retailers need to adjust their delivery practices to take advantage of consumer environmental concerns.

Consumers are making purchasing decisions based upon environmental impact. The study found that overall, 39% of consumers do consider the environmental impact of a product and company when making purchasing decisions. This number rises to 42% for respondents aged 25 – 34. Interestingly, only 11% said they never made a purchasing decision based upon the environment.

There’s plenty of room to differentiate with sustainable delivery. The study found that only 38% of consumers thought retailers were doing a good job of using sustainable delivery practices. This means that consumers are paying attention to retailer delivery practices and many retailers are not performing well in this area. In the case of grocery and apparel purchases, 40% and 39% respectively said that they would buy more from those retailers whose delivery practices were more sustainable than the competition.

Consumers want sustainable delivery options. Half (50%) of the respondents were quite/very interested in environmentally friendly delivery options. Even more (54%) said that they would be willing to accept longer lead times for environmentally friendly deliveries.

Consumers are more flexible than retailers think. Half (50%) of the respondents thought the ability to combine orders was quite/very important. Almost half (48%) said that they were quite/very interested in having retailers recommend the most environmentally friendly delivery option. In fact, three of the top four options involved combining orders or having the retailer select the most sustainable delivery option.

Sustainable home delivery options result in lower costs to the retailer. Options from increasing lead times to grouping orders to providing eco-friendly time windows help retailers lower both their carbon footprint and their delivery costs. Longer lead times decrease delivery costs through better delivery planning and mode selection. Order consolidation means fewer trips to the customer and higher delivery density. Eco-friendly deliveries also create greater delivery density, which reduces distance per delivery. These concepts apply to multiple delivery modes including private/dedicated fleet, LTL and parcel.

Instead of thinking that sustainable home delivery is a challenge, retailers need to see it for the opportunity it presents. It is clear that consumers are increasingly interested in more sustainable home delivery. These trends are an opportunity to create a win-win-win situation. Sustainable home delivery makes consumers happier and more loyal, lowers delivery costs and helps the environment. Not every consumer will care, but the numbers are significant enough to easily justify offering sustainable delivery options. Better for the environment is better for your business. What are your sustainable delivery strategies?

CLICK HERE to read the report “Retailers: Sustainability is Not a Challenge, It’s an Opportunity”

Smart Locker startup at Parcel + Post Expo

Posted on by David Priestman

Bloq.it is a Smart Locker startup relatively new to the tech market. Nevertheless, it has shown non-stop and exponential growth over these past three years.

Founded in 2019 and based in Lisbon with over 20 employees, it works to develop scalable and tailor-made solutions for businesses in retail, logistics, and other industries.

Its solutions are deployed in more than 15 countries, and it says it prides itself on having grown its business by 2,000% in 2021.

From the beginning, it committed to solving the most costly and tedious leg of all delivery processes: the last mile. This is how its software engineers and founders came up with an integral, adaptable and scalable invention that fits all business sizes and models.

With constant improvements, it says it works towards revolutionising the smart lockers industry, and becoming the biggest smart lockers manufacturer in the world and the most reliable partner of businesses to optimise their delivery operations.

At this year’s Parcel+Post Expo in Frankfurt, it will showcase a demo of its most recently developed product: The V-locker, a smart parcel locker tailored-made for the giant marketplace Vinted.

From the 18th to the 20th of October 2022, all Parcel+Post Expo Frankfurt visitors will have the opportunity to interact with the company’s demo unit.

This demo unit will simulate real smart lockers functionalities so visitors – whether technology or logistics enthusiasts or potential clients – can have a more realistic idea of how Bloq.it’s technology works and how it can solve most of the delivery pain points, such as delays, returns and porch piracy.

Bloq.it’s business developers and founders will be on Stand 2049 where visitors are invited to try out its state-of-the-art technology to understand the reasons why the young startup is the winner of different prizes, such as:

  • The ‘Most Innovative’ award at the Web Summit 2019
  • “Portugal’s top 10 tech startups coming out of Lisbon”, an award by EU-Startups it has won over the past three years
  • “Scale-Up of the Year”, Bloq.it‘s newest award given by the Startup Grind 2022 Global Conference in San Francisco.

 

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