Parcelforce Starts Seven-Day Delivery Service
Royal Mail's parcel business says it hopes its new service, which begins today, will be of particular benefit to online shoppers.

It's proved that we love all online shopping, here they deal with 8,000 parcels on an average evening, the demand to get those deliveries out at a time that suits us hasn't always kept up, and that's why new Sunday deliveries are coming.People want more choice, they want more convenience, they want bit of control as to when they want to receive their parcel, offering another day when most people aren't working is obviously a good way of achieving that.
The retailers are already used to serving customers right throughout the weekend, but believe that shoppers will like the novelty of buying those weekend treats,receiving them on Sunday without even leaving home.
We only put this service on our website from Thursday, but it's been a best selling product, the hampers, tea, but also some items that are probably useful on Sunday,the condiments etc to go with picnics and Sunday lunch.
It won't just be luxury products that will come at an extra cost, Mark S spent 12 pounds just on delivery charges, he knows not everyone will be prepared to pay.
Usually working in London pretty late, but tend to get delivered to somewhere else and pick them up when i can, so Sunday delivery is pretty helpful.
And what are you ordering this time?
My sister's birthday present, a one off , so it's a surprise.
Parcelforce is not the only one trying to keep up with our shopping habits, some companies have tried aerial drones to make deliveries, while others are putting drop boxes at train stations for commuters to collect their parcels. With 51% of Royal mail business now in packages, they can't be left behind.
Perhaps it's being perceived in the past of being a bit slippy, not as one of the kind of firms that we see coming to the parcels marketing in particular, this is about shopping, their acting demonstrating that now it's a private business, they are seriously after growth in market share.
But with Sunday deliveries still a premium service, success surely depends on how desperate people are to receive that latest purchase.