Polish Post teaming up with Allegro

Poczta Polska has announced that it will engage in a strategic partnership with Poland’s largest e-commerce platform, Allegro, according to a Polish press report on Tuesday. The postal service also announced that it will handle 1.5 million orders per year, and that the joint venture was part of a larger strategy envisaging its expansion into the e-commerce logistics market. “The implementation of a two-year contract to operate (with) Allegro is to strengthen our position in the market for e-commerce and the great success of your sales team. Our offer was made not only because of the expectations of Allegro on the quality of services, but also because of their willingness to cooperate with a reliable operator,” Poczta Polska Rafał Pietrwalski was quoted as saying in the announcement.  According to the postal company, the arrangement will allow its customers to send and receive products via three different services, instead of only one, as it had previously offered.