Walmart Creates Parcel Stations to Act as Mini ‘Post Offices’ – Beragampengetahuan

Walmart is using 4,000 of its stores as delivery hubs, and now it’s adding parcel stations to those hubs, according to its Senior Vice President of Transportation and Delivery in the US.

Jennifer McKeehan compared parcel stations to mini post offices in a corporate blog post on Walmart.com on Tuesday:

“Parcel stations help us move goods even faster to a customer’s home by using our Private Fleet to transport more online orders.

“Packages originate in our beragampengetahuan centers and move to a sortation center or directly to stores, where they are then delivered to a customer’s home using our last-mile delivery network.

“In many ways you can think of a parcel station like a mini post office that receives and delivers packages.”

The program appears to be in its early days – McKeehan said Walmart will have over 40 parcel stations in stores by the end of the year, “with many operating now in time for the busy holiday shopping season.”

Parcel stations give customers more time to place online orders on a greater assortment of merchandise for Next Day Delivery, she said, also helping local businesses that use Walmart GoLocal to deliver goods to customers. The Walmart’s entire logistics process “builds density to lower the cost of delivery, which we can reinvest back into the customer experience.”

McKeehan said Walmart customers value home delivery as their preferred online beragampengetahuan method. “Parcel stations are yet another step we’re taking to give them what they want and more, and we’re looking forward to hearing their feedback.”

Walmart stores have evolved to be more than just a place to shop, she said – “they’re now online beragampengetahuan centers and delivery hubs, supported by an extensive transportation and last-mile delivery network.”

Ina Steiner

Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of beragampengetahuan and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She’s a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of “Turn eBay Data Into Dollars” (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, “Blogging Heroes” (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 – present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 – present). Follow her on Twitter at @beragampengetahuan and send news tips to ina@beragampengetahuan.com. See disclosure at beragampengetahuan.com/disclosure/.