If you like to order online, this message will surely please you: If you order today at Zalando, your goods can still be delivered today. So far, the "Same Day Delivery" is still in the test. Customers in Berlin and Cologne can already test the daily delivery in September.
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Your heart beats faster when the doorbell rings and your online order arrives? Then you are like half of all Germans. Because now every second German buys online. Bad for stationary retail, good for online mail order companies.
One of the most famous fashion online shops in Germany is Zalando. Not least because of the TV commercials, which are screeching through the German television landscape. Zalando is now putting its competitors under pressure with "Same Day Delivery". Delivered the same day. If you order until the early afternoon, you can expect your package in the evening. Great, if you still looking for the right outfit for the party in the evening, but has no time to shop.
The service will initially be tested in Berlin and Cologne. There are two logistics centers nearby. "Selected customers will be surprised during the test phase with the free upgrade, " says Zalando. Gradually, the company plans to include the delivery concept as a fixed option. Zalando logistics chief David Schröder explained. But even then, the offer will only refer to metropolitan regions such as large cities or the Ruhr area.
What does that mean for the deliverers? The working conditions are always criticized by large mail order companies. So also with Zalando, as an RTL report showed.
Nadine Przybilski from Zalando explains: "In this first test phase, delivery is done by our employees, in cooperation with our partner Liefery, so that our employees receive feedback directly from the customers, which has been very positive so far." For example, one customer received the same day her bridal shoes and was really happy. "
Zalando is currently expanding its logistics. In Lahr in Baden-Württemberg, a 100, 000 square meter warehouse is being built. Erfurt and Mönchengladbach are also creating new logistics centers. Zalando is also expanding abroad . Next year, a smaller warehouse will be built in northern Italy.
