UK same-day delivery company Shutl has partnered with Jewson, a leading British supplier ofsustainable timber and building materials, to provide a quick and convenient delivery service from
six of Jewson’s branches in London.The new partnership enables London-based Jewson customers to order from a participatinglocal branch and get their orders delivered within 90 minutes or a convenient 1-hour deliverywindow of their choice. Jewson is the only specialist in its field to offer this unique servicewith Shutl.
David Fenton, Marketing Director at Jewson, said: “We undertook research with Jewsoncustomers in London to ascertain the day to day issues they face whilst working on site. Runningout of product and material coupled with traffic congestion and parking restrictions were top ofthe list – our partnership with Shutl will help to address this allowing the customer more time onthe job.”
Tom Allason, Founder and CEO of Shutl, added: “As a business, Jewson have a clearunderstanding of their customers’ needs and a history of innovating to serve those needs. WithShutl, they have offered a unique service aimed at improving the productivity of builders out on ajob, giving them what they want, when they want it. The bar’s been raised for the rest of theindustry.”
Founded in 1836, Jewson offers an extensive range of over 400,000 products and a significantnumber of renewable technologies and sustainable solutions. Every branch stocks a massive range ofquality products including heavy and light building materials, timber, sheet materials, joinery andplumbing materials. Many branches offer kitchen and bathroom showrooms, landscaping centres andtool hire services. The company has a network of over 600 branches across the country.
As a branded same-day delivery option available in more than 50 British towns and cities,Shutl enables multi-channel retailers to offer delivery of online orders either within minutes ofpurchase or within a convenient one-hour window of choice. The company links retailer websites withcourier networks through its technology platform. The start-up offers same-day deliveries in morethan 50 British towns and cities.
In February this year, Shutl lauched its same-day delivery service in North Americachallenging e-commerce giants Amazon and eBay with the official start of operations in New YorkCity, San Francisco and Chicago in March. The second phase will see operations start in Atlanta,Boston, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Tampa, Dallas, Minneapolis, Philadelphia,Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle and Washington in the USA along with the two Canadian cities ofMontreal and Toronto.
