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AusPost announces parcel record

Australia Post has seen record parcel volumes over the 2016 period, with over 34 million deliveries in December, representing a 21.5 per cent increase on the year before.
In a report published by trade publication Inside Retail, Australia Post saw a December 21.5 per cent increase compared with same month in 2015, which included receiving 5.6 million more parcels from overseas.
“We delivered a record number of parcels during the Christmas and New Year period, and continued to see strong volumes throughout January as Australians took advantage of extended Boxing Day sales,” Ben Franzi, e-commerce GM, Australia Post, told the retail publication.
“To help make this happen, we had more than 15,000 vehicles on the road, flew 5.3 million kilograms of parcels vial our domestic air network, and trialled extended hour deliveries in capital cities in an effort to catch more people when they were home.
“During our busiest day on 19 December, we delivered more than 2.2 million parcels. We continued to see high parcel volumes through the summer holiday period, particularly as some online retailers extended their Boxing Day sales until late January.”
According to Australia Post, more than two million customers are now registered for MyPost Deliveries, with the company receiving over 300,000 requests for a ‘Safe-Drop’, where a customer asks for the parcel to be delivered to a safe spot at their house so they can receive a delivery when they are not at home.
There was also a 50 per cent increase in parcel locker usage and a 150 per cent spike in customers requesting a parcel redirection, according to Inside Retail.

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