Tips for a smooth peak season
Parcel prep, lodgement and more peak know-how here.
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COMING SOON
Christmas lodgement dates
As we move into peak, our forecasting team is working to ensure you can deliver to customers for as long as possible. Each state’s Christmas cut-off dates will be live in October.
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Stand out with next day delivery
With fast delivery increasingly linked to purchase behaviour, we’re making it easy to offer shoppers a speedy choice.
Choose the option that suits and easily integrate it into your current process.
![Next day delivery image](/content/dam/peak-delivery/img/next-day-delivery-desktop.jpg)
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NETWORK NEWS
This week’s delivery details
We’re busy preparing the network to smoothly process a huge influx of parcels over the next few months. This includes 12 new or upgraded facilities, and up to seven retail and 15 delivery pop-up facilities.
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Sneak peek into 2024 shopping trends
Even though discretionary spend has pared back, online shopping has increased with a trend towards smaller, more frequent purchases.
And in a drive for value based shopping, nearly half of online purchases in FY24 were made from sites that people have loyalty/membership relationships.3
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Even though discretionary spend has pared back, online shopping has increased with a trend towards smaller, more frequent purchases.
And in a drive for value based shopping, nearly half of online purchases in FY24 were made from sites that people have loyalty/membership relationships.3
1.1% GROWTH
for online purchases year on year4
4% GROWTH
in EOFY sales compared to 20235
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SHOP
Stock up for peak and save
Perfect for when you’re scaling up your parcel sending – the more packaging you buy, the more you save.
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We’re here to help
Find answers to common questions in our help and support hub.
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3 Australia Post eCommerce survey FY24
4 EOFY 2024 (17th June – 30th June 2024) compared
to EOFY 2023 (17th June – 30th June 2023)
to EOFY 2023 (17th June – 30th June 2023)
5 Australia Post parcel volumes