Canberra, Dec 4 (Ians) Australia has witnessed an unprecedented online shopping boom amid the Covid-19 pandemic, with a record number of parcels to deliver every day this week, the country's postal service company said on Friday.
Over 2 million Australian families had placed orders online during the 2020 Black Friday/Cyber Monday online shopping sales period, up more than 42 per cent for the same period, beating the record set in 2019, Xinhua news agency quoted the Australia Post as saying in a statement.
Gary Starr, Australia Post's Executive General Manager for Business, Government and International, said while the record busy week had made history for the country's e-commerce industry, the results came unexpectedly.
"No-one could have predicted in March the seismic shift the Covid-19 pandemic would create; it's exceeded every expectation, and we're looking forward to seeing how this continues this month," Starr said.
"This week is shaping to be our busiest ever. From...
Over 2 million Australian families had placed orders online during the 2020 Black Friday/Cyber Monday online shopping sales period, up more than 42 per cent for the same period, beating the record set in 2019, Xinhua news agency quoted the Australia Post as saying in a statement.
Gary Starr, Australia Post's Executive General Manager for Business, Government and International, said while the record busy week had made history for the country's e-commerce industry, the results came unexpectedly.
"No-one could have predicted in March the seismic shift the Covid-19 pandemic would create; it's exceeded every expectation, and we're looking forward to seeing how this continues this month," Starr said.
"This week is shaping to be our busiest ever. From...
- 12/5/2020
- by IANS
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