The French company specializing in last mile solutions previously called Mondial Relay, will be completely absorbed by the Polish InPost, specialized in distribution to smart lockers. Despite having signed an integration agreement in July 2021 valued at just over 500 million euros, it is now that the networks begin to work as one.
InPost expands its presence to reach more households
InPost hopes that the integration will be the start of a new stage of expansion to become the largest hybrid network of non-home delivery points in Europe. To achieve this goal, it has woven a network of almost 40,000 collection points spread over a dozen European countries, of which 3,200 are in Spain.
From the Polish company they affirm that “The intention of the Group is be present within a maximum radius of 300 meters from the home or workplace of their clients.
The shipping network of InPost, a company founded by Rafal Brzoska, focuses on a network of lockers, more than 22,000 security lockers located in public spaces such as establishments, office buildings, shopping centers or service stations, where users can go to pick up their virtual shopping packages. When shopping online, users can choose the locker closest to their home or work to pick up their purchases and receive a personal code to unlock the lockers.
On the other hand, pack points are basically establishments whose owners decide to lend their spaces as a collection point of online shopping packages. They can be coffee shops, clothing stores, a kiosk or any place open to the public.
During 2021, InPost was able to manage more than 500 million shipments, reaching a turnover of 985 million euros, an increase of 82% compared to the previous year. More recently, the first quarter of 2022 has achieved increase your sales by 94%, which is equal to an increase of 333 million euros, and part of this success has been the result of the integration of Mondial Relay.
InPost and Galp come together to accelerate their business
But InPost’s plans do not stop, so they expect to install 700 new lockers in Spain by the end of 2022. In this sense, they have closed an agreement to convert the 570 Galp service stations into official collection points and install smart lockers.
Of these new lockers, the first will be in the main spanish cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia or Malaga, among others, and they will progressively spread throughout the rest of the territory until they cover the most distant areas.
InPost’s business model has been successful, not only by allowing a more efficient shipping system, where users can stop worrying about being at home to receive the courier, but by having a positive environmental impact by helping to reduce CO2 emissions and traffic in big cities.
Nicola D’EliaCEO of Southern Europe of the InPost Group, highlights: “In our goal of continuing to be the leading company in non-home delivery, we continue to close agreements at the national level, not only in order to boost the company’s growth, but also to continue betting on reducing the carbon footprint. In fact, Our common sustainability policies are what have allowed us to reach this agreement with Galp. We are very proud of this agreement, and our commercial team will continue to make efforts to bring the delivery points closer to all our customers”.
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