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NOVA POSHTA SEES 32% RISE IN PARCEL DELIVERY IN JAN-JUNE

13 July , 2017  

KYIV. July 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Nova Poshta Group delivered over 64 million parcels in January-June 2017, which is 32% up on January-June 2016.
The group said in a press release that the most popular devilry was parcels weighing up to 2 kg.
“The upward pace of online sales and growth of demand on the door-to-door delivery service continues influencing the company’s indicators,” the group said.
Nova Poshta delivered over 14 million parcels for e-commerce segment clients in January-June 2017 (31% up year-over-year). Nova Poshta couriers delivered 7.3 million parcels to the recipients, and this is almost 50% more than in H1 2016.
“The Nova Poshta clients started using automatic parcel terminals more often. Compared to H 1 2016 the number of parcels received via automatic parcel terminals grew by almost 30%,” the group said.
“This year the company opened its first depot in Milan (Italy) and expanding opportunities for consumers of the Nova Poshta Shopping service, expanding its list of shops with shops from Britain, Germany, Italy and Poland. The Nova Poshta mobile application allows changing the delivery address, register the return of the parcel to the sender and pay for the company’s services,” the group said.