X5 Group plans to open delivery points for third-party online stores | Progresiv

X5 Retail Group, which manages the chains of stores Pyaterochka, Perekrestok and Karusel, plans to deal with the delivery of orders from third-party online stores. The pilot project is expected to be launched in 2019 in the central part of Russia.

This involves the creation of sorting centers, associated logistics and points of issue of orders, including automated terminals, which will appear in the “overwhelming majority of stores” of the retailer’s chains.

Only non-food products will be delivered in the initial phase and the partners of the project will be up to 20 large third-party retailers. In five years their number could increase to 2.000. Checkout-points will be installed in 500 stores at the onset. (www.kantarretailiq.com)