Volume of parcels sent to Collection Points soars 230% y/y in H1 2019

The number of parcels delivered to collection points run by the Polish Post increased by 230 percent y/y in the first six months of the year, Polish Post Office reported. In July alone the growth was by as much as 240 percent y/y. The list of collection points includes post offices, Żabka and Freshmarket convenience stores, Orlen petrol stations and RUCH press kiosks. Every fourth parcel sent through the Polish Post is delivered to one of these points. “The volume of parcels shipped to the collection points (OwP) network in the first half of 2019 reached almost the same number as the total volume shipped in the entire 2018,” the Post stated. The volume of parcels sent each month to collection points reach “seven-figure numbers in each month this year,” the operator added. 

(PAP)