InPost expanding, claims success in 2016

Parcel delivery company InPost said in a press release on Monday that it wants to install 1,000 new parcel lockers. As of the end of 2016, InPost had installed 2,200 devices. The machines allow for deliveries to be processed online, bypassing traditional postal delivery services. “This year we have two priorities: [increasing sales in] smaller towns where until now there were no parcel lockers and [also in] the biggest Polish cities, where last year the existing equipment [was] inadequate. In such places, we will expand the existing postal services, so as to relieve the most popular locations,” CEO Rafał Brzoska said in the statement. InPost also announced that it closed 2016 with an increase in the number of items handled by 142 percent, primarily due to e-commerce. The registered mail mail e-commerce segment registered strong growth, as in 2016 it increased by 149 percent y/y. InPost also handled about 79 percent more parcels y/y, with December being the record month, which accounted for 15 percent of the company's total annual volume, according to the release.