US-based drug stores chain Walgreens has entered into a long-term alliance agreement with FedEx to provide convenient access to FedEx dropoff and pickup services.
Walgreens intends to provide access at thousands of its stores across the US, in the coming months.
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Walgreens supply chain senior vice-president Reuben Slone said: “Working with FedEx to provide safe and secure delivery locations while making it easy for customers to ship returns and other packages through the FedEx networks is another way we are becoming America’s most loved pharmacy-led health, wellbeing and beauty retailer.
“We look forward to providing our customers with these convenient options that will be available whenever the store is open.”
The new partnership is expected to offer customers extended options to drop off and pick up their FedEx shipments as well as manage various tasks during a single store visit.
The FedEx Onsite programme will enable customers to drop off pre-packaged and pre-labeled shipments at Walgreens stores in addition to an option to direct their pick up packages to the neighborhood Walgreens location.
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By GlobalDataWalgreens and FedEx plan to initially launch a small-scale rollout before the programme is available at thousands of Walgreens locations later this year, with plans to expand the service to approximately 8,000 Walgreens stores by 2018.
Walgreens operates 8,175 drugstores in addition to e-commerce platforms Walgreens.com and VisionDirect.com, while FedEx offers transportation, e-commerce and services to customers and businesses.
Image: A Walgreens store in New Orleans, US. Photo: courtesy of MusikAnimal/Wikipedia.
Walgreens and FedEx Team Up to Offer FedEx Drop Off and Pick Up at Thousands of Walgreens Locations Nationwide
11 January 2017
Walgreens and FedEx customers to benefit from additional convenient and secure delivery locations
MEMPHIS, Tenn., and DEERFIELD, Ill., Jan 11, 2017—FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and Walgreen Co., one of the nation’s largest drugstore chains, announced a long-term alliance agreement that will offer convenient access to FedEx dropoff and pickup services at thousands of Walgreens locations across the United States beginning within the next several months.
“Walgreens, with its strong focus on customer care, is the perfect retailer to help us continue to meet the growing demand for convenient, secure dropoff and pickup options, and our research has shown that customers rank pharmacies as a preferred location for accessing their e-commerce shipments,” said Raj Subramaniam, executive vice president and chief marketing and communications officer, FedEx Corporation. “The addition of Walgreens locations to the existing network of FedEx retail offerings will substantially increase customer access to staffed pickup and dropoff locations and enhance convenient access to FedEx Ground and FedEx Express package shipment and dropoff options. We look forward to offering these capabilities to customers, and continuing to meet their e-commerce shipping needs with these flexible options.”
“Working with FedEx to provide safe and secure delivery locations while making it easy for customers to ship returns and other packages through the FedEx networks is another way we are becoming America’s most loved pharmacy-led health, wellbeing and beauty retailer,” said Reuben Slone, Walgreens senior vice president of supply chain. “We look forward to providing our customers with these convenient options that will be available whenever the store is open.”
Improving Convenience and Saving Time
By bringing together Walgreens convenient network of retail locations across the country and FedEx as one of the leading enablers of the rapidly growing e-commerce economy, this new alliance will significantly expand the options available to consumers to drop off and pick up their FedEx shipments and handle multiple tasks during a single store visit. As part of the FedEx Onsite™ program, customers will be able to drop off pre-packaged and pre-labeled shipments to Walgreens stores and pick up packages that they direct to their neighborhood Walgreens.
After an initial, small-scale rollout this spring, Walgreens and FedEx expect to have the program available at thousands of Walgreens locations later this calendar year and chainwide at nearly 8,000 Walgreens stores by fall 2018.
About FedEx Corp.
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual revenues of $58 billion, the company offers integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world’s most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 400,000 team members to remain “absolutely, positively” focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. To learn more about how FedEx connects people and possibilities around the world, please visit about.fedex.com.
About Walgreens
Walgreens (www.walgreens.com), one of the nation's largest drugstore chains, is included in the Retail Pharmacy USA Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBA), the first global pharmacy-led, health and wellbeing enterprise. More than 10 million customers interact with Walgreens each day in communities across America, using the most convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and services and trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and advice. Walgreens operates 8,175 drugstores with a presence in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Walgreens omnichannel business includes Walgreens.com and VisionDirect.com. Approximately 400 Walgreens stores offer Healthcare Clinic or other provider retail clinic services
