Walgreens and FedEx Team Up to Offer FedEx Dropoff and Pickup at Thousands of Walgreens Locations Nationwide
January 11 2017 - 7:45AM
Business Wire
Walgreens and FedEx customers to benefit from
additional convenient and secure delivery locations
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, 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 at 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 the fall of 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.
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