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Currently being tested at about twenty Franprix
and Carrefour supermarkets in Paris and the
surrounding area, Vinted lockers are available for
customers to drop off or collect their purchases
from the online second-hand platform. All they
need to unlock their specific locker is a code
sent by email. Convenient for consumers, these
lockers could reduce the environmental impact
of deliveries.
After helping us empty our wardrobes, Vinted is now
installing its own storage facilities in the supermarkets
we visit every day. The intention is commendable.
By grouping deliveries and returns together
we could reduce distances travelled . And another
ambition is to embed second-hand shopping as
a regular habit. Tomorrow, there could be networks
of lockers in every town in addition to the networks
of supermarkets and stores, releasing them from the
constraints of opening hours. Locker retail is here.