The high street retailer W H Smith has partnered with Deliveroo in a new trial to customers with 600 products and direct to door delivery in as little as 20 minutes.
WHSmith are partnering with Deliveroo in an exclusive trial to bring their customers a new offer of 600 WHSmith products including stationery, home office products and books direct to door in as little as 20 minutes.
The new partnership is being trialled across 10 WHSmith High Street stores in the UK from this week, covering Richmond, Muswell Hill, Chiswick, Brighton, Cambridge, Oxford, Leeds, St Albans and Guildford.
The range includes HP inkjet printer cartridges, stationery and working from home essentials such as WHSmith’s ECO notebooks, Pilot rollerball pens, envelopes and parcel tape, digital accessories like Apple AirPods, power adapters and USB charging cables.
Sean Toal, Managing Director, WHSmith High Street commented: “We’re really excited to be partnering with Deliveroo for this trial which will complement our existing offer and enable our customers to receive the products that they want and need from us as fast as possible from their local store direct to their door.”
Carlo Mocci, Chief Business Officer, UK&I at Deliveroo said: “We are delighted to announce a new partnership with WHSmith in 10 stores across the country. This partnership will further increase the choice and selection of on-demand convenience products for our consumers, delivered in as little as 20 minutes, and will create more work for riders across the UK.”
WHSmith.co.uk already offers next day Click & Collect and home delivery for online orders and this new partnership with Deliveroo allows WHSmith to provide even greater speed to customers that need it in as little as 20 minutes.
Our take on this: If the trial is successful, this could be a game changer for accessing the expanding home office / hybrid working market. What is not clear is whether Deliveroo will collect the empty cartridges.
