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Same-day grocery delivery startup ShopWings launchesin SydneyGet
your groceries delivered by a personal shopper to your door in 2
hours
26 JANUARY 2015, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Sydney, January 27th 2015 ShopWings, the online supermarket with
2-hour delivery,launches in Sydney today. ShopWings delivers
everyday products from local grocery
stores straight to the customers doorstep. Users select their
favourite shop (including
ALDI, Coles and Harris Farm), pick their groceries on the
website
www.shopwings.com.au and the items arrive two hours after the
order is placed or
during a later 1-hour delivery window depending on the customers
preference.
ShopWings professional shoppers provide a fast and convenient
connection between
stores and customers.
According to a report from IBISWorld, the online grocery sales
industry had not yet reached
the scale of the online retailing sector over the past few years
however it is one of the online
sectors which is expected to grow the fastest. The industry
revenues are expected to grow by
more than 15% per annum in the coming years as the use of
virtual grocery stores becomes
more common.
Manutea Dupont, co-founder & Managing Director of ShopWings
Australia, explains: We
believe a lot of people are busy and seek modern solutions that
save them time. ShopWings
was founded to replace the hassle of traditional shopping with
an innovative alternative, so our
customers can get what they need from their favourite stores,
when they need it without
having to go to the supermarket themselves. Australians spend
2.5 hours per week on grocery
shopping, thats almost an entire week spent every year in a
shop! Think about all the great
things they could do with this time. It therefore seems obvious
to us that with the right service
online shopping will expand a lot in the next few years.
ShopWings is expanding overseas just three months after the
initial launch in Germany.
Dupont states, We are very proud that Australia is the first
country ShopWings is expanding
into. Australia is a modern and innovation-hungry country.
Sydney in particular is a fast-pasted
city full of busy people, who are all looking for innovative
ways to make their lives easier.
Were not the first in the online grocery delivery space but we
are the first ones to do it well:
you can now shop online from your favourite supermarkets that
didnt have the same-day
delivery option before and you dont need to wait at home all day
with our 1 hour delivery
windows. Our team doesnt only deliver everyday goods - it
provides our customers with more
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time for other important things in their lives.
ShopWings is addressing an emerging need and establishing a new
culture of online grocery
shopping. Dupont states, We are convinced that customers want
the internet to be more
personal. Currently, there is a lack of human involvement in
online grocery shopping.
Overcoming the lack of the emotional component in online
shopping will have a strong positive
impact on customer attraction and retention.
At ShopWings, personal shoppers fill this void and create the
human link. They also really like
it. A ShopWings personal shopper said, We enjoy working for
ShopWings because it allows
us to choose our own working hours while helping people in their
everyday lives. It is great to
combine the advantages of conventional grocery stores with the
convenience of an online
service.
How it works
On the website www.shopwings.com.au customers can choose from a
large and diverse range
of products across many local supermarkets (including ALDI,
Coles or Harris Farm). After
filling their virtual shopping cart and placing an order, the
user can choose the best time for
delivery. Based on the customers chosen delivery time slot and
address, an algorithm
determines the most suitable personal shopper to carry out the
order. Delivery costs $8.90,
however the first delivery is free. Customers pay online via
commonly accepted payment
methods.
About ShopWings
ShopWings has been launched by five founders based in Germany
and is led in Australia by
Manutea Dupont and Guillaume Ang. The company started its
service in October 2014 in
Munich, Germany. Within a month it expanded to the German
capital, Berlin, and it plans to
expand to other cities and countries in the near future.
ShopWings is supported by Rocket
Internet, the worlds largest Internet platform outside the US
and China, which, alongside the
Iconic, HelloFresh, Zalando, Groupon International and eDarling,
has built many successful
international Internet companies.
ShopWings Australia - Homepagehttp://www.shopwings.com.au
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