Coletăria.ro currently operates two warehouses in Romania, a regional hub in Bucharest enabling direct deliveries of packages in Romania, Bulgaria and Greece, with a delivery time estimated between 24 and 72 hours, and one in Oradea, located in the vicinity of Bors customshouse, border with Hungary, in order to facilitate for online stores in the EU the fast delivery of packages in and from Romania.
The company said it would continue the investments started in 2020, which target the logistical development, the technical and package handling equipment, the platform development, staff numbers increase, the setup of new direct lines of international transport, technical integrations, the development of the pick-up points network and the increase of the domestic transport fleet.
On a regional level, Packeta Group, which holds the largest pick-up point network in Central and Eastern Europe that includes Coletăria.ro, reported a record turnover, of EUR43 million, in the first quarter of 2021, up 163% from the year-earlier period.
During this period, the number of packages delivered reached 16.9 million, up 158% on the year. The number of pick-up points increased by some 1,000 units in the first quarter of 2021, reaching over 7,200 units, of which 4,933 in the Czech Republic. In 2020, Packeta reported revenue of EUR98 million.
For 2021, Packeta targets a turnover of EUR204 million and 70 million packages delivered, worth approximately EUR3 billion. The company also expects to increase the number of pick-up points to 9,000 (5,000 in the Czech Republic). The increase in the total number of warehouses will correspond to the group’s development plans. There will be a total 43 warehouses covering a total area of 100,000 sqm.