Parcel delivery company Evri has announced that, through a collaboration with second-hand fashion marketplace Vinted, it will offer free reusable packaging to customers at a number of dedicated Evri ParcelShop locations across the UK.
This comes after Vinted’s delivery arm, Vinted Go, recently signed a four-year extension to its contract with Evri.
This initiative will begin as an eight-week trial, with the packaging to be made available in over 100 Evri ParcelShops in the UK. Throughout the trial, the number of locations offering free reusable packaging will grow to almost 300.
The aim of the trial is to provide customers with ‘not only a quick and free packaging solution at the point of drop-off, but also a reusable alternative by which to ship their parcels’.
The reusable packaging that will be stocked by Evri at these locations is designed to fit a medium-sized Vinted parcel and has been designed with two adhesive strips, allowing both Vinted buyers and sellers to benefit from its use.
This, Evri says, supports Vinted’s mission to ‘make second-hand the first choice’.
Evri’s recently announced a ‘significant investment’ in its ParcelShop and locker network, with plans to double its size to 25,000 locations by 2030.
The parcel delivery company hopes that this type of packaging could be rolled out across more of its ParcelShops if it proves to be a success.
Claire Phelan, head of e-commerce partnerships at Evri, commented: “We’re thrilled to be the first UK delivery carrier to be able to support Vinted’s trial of reusable packaging.
“By stocking this at almost 300 of our Evri ParcelShops, it provides their army of sellers with an efficient and reusable solution by which to send their parcels.
“And, as we forecast issuing over 100,000 units of Vinted’s reusable packaging during the trial, its multi-use feature is fantastic, also giving buyers the opportunity to re-purpose.”
Vytautas Atkočaitis, vice president of Vinted Go, added: “At Vinted we are committed to doing all we can to make it even easier for our members to shop second-hand.
“By collaborating with selected carrier partners including Evri to provide free and reusable packaging, we hope to encourage our members to opt for packaging that is suitable for repeat use and fits the size of their items better”.
