1. Amazon is the first retailer to make use of the extended Local Collect network. From 20 October, Amazon shoppers around the UK will be able to collect online purchases from their local Royal Mail delivery office
2. Royal Mail delivery offices are currently open six days a week, with around 100 of the busiest offices also open on Sundays
3. The extension is part of Royal Mail’s initiative to tailor its delivery services to the changing needs of UK shoppers and brands in a digitally enabled world
4. Click and collect is growing fast as an alternative delivery channel in the UK. In 2014, around 80 million deliveries were made through click and collect and third party collection points

Royal Mail today announces the extension of its Local Collect network, the UK’s largest single click and collect service for online shoppers, with the addition of new collection points at 1,222 Royal Mail delivery offices. Local Collect is already available at 10,500* Post Office branches across the country.

The 10 per cent extension will give consumers greater flexibility and convenience in choosing when and where to collect their online shopping. Click and collect is growing fast as an alternative delivery channel in the UK. In 2014, around 80 million deliveries were made through click and collect and third party collection points (IMRG Click & Collect Review 2015).  

Amazon is the first retailer to make use of the extended Local Collect network. From 20 October, Amazon shoppers will be able to collect online purchases from their local Royal Mail delivery office. This will ensure that purchases from Amazon can be collected from thousands of convenient Local Collect locations around the UK. Local Collect is now available at 1,222 Royal Mail delivery offices** which are open six days a week.Around 100 of these offices with the highest parcels volumes across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are also open on Sundays.

Local Collect launched in 2013 in partnership with the Post Office and since its launch has been the UK’s biggest single click and collect network. Local Collect is also available to all of Royal Mail’s contract and SME customers. Royal Mail aims to offer these customers access to the extended network in the future.

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Source: Royal Mail Group