OVERLAND PARK, Kan.,
Nov. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Sprint (NYSE:S) customers have long enjoyed the convenience
of shopping online at sprint.com and 1-800-SPRINT-1 and picking up
their purchases in Sprint stores. Starting today, consumers will
have one more fast, secure and flexible delivery choice just in
time for the holiday season. Customers can now buy online at
sprint.com or by calling 1-800-SPRINT-1 and pick up at one of more
than 7,500 FedEx counters located conveniently inside
Walgreens.
Seventy-five percent of Americans are concerned about porch
piracy, and the majority of online shoppers want alternate delivery
options.1 Because more than 78 percent of the U.S.
population lives within five miles of a Walgreens, this makes
shopping with Sprint more convenient and worry-free than ever.
Customers don't have to stress about ordering online and being home
to receive their package.
Deliveries are shipped and held at Walgreens for five business
days, giving customers the flexibility to pick up on their schedule
– early in the morning to late evenings – and in some cases 24
hours a day. Although convenience and security are important all
year long, having purchases delivered to Walgreens also eliminates
the worry of gifts being discovered on the front porch, thus
ruining a holiday surprise.
"Being able to buy online and conveniently pick up at either a
Sprint store or Walgreens makes shopping easy for our customers,"
said Dow Draper, Sprint chief commercial officer. "As customers
check out on Sprint.com, they can select delivery to their home, to
their local Sprint store or Walgreens. It is that simple!"
"Our customers across the country enjoy the convenience of
services we offer at neighborhood Walgreens locations," said
Richard Ashworth, Walgreens
president of operations. "We're pleased to expand on our
collaborations with both Sprint and FedEx to further simplify
shopping as we head into the holiday season."
"As e-commerce continues to grow, customers expect retailers and
logistics providers to offer convenient and flexible solutions to
fit their busy lifestyles," said Scott
Harkins, senior vice president of customer channel
marketing, FedEx Services. "We are thrilled to work with the
well-respected Walgreens and Sprint brands to provide options that
make our customers' lives easier."
The service is great for existing customers and new customers
alike. For existing customers, it's a convenient when they are
ready to upgrade to a new phone or add a new line with a device or
tablet. New Sprint customers can also use the service when they
purchase a device. Anyone can ship accessories or SIM cards to
Walgreens.
This new delivery option is the result of Sprint's continued
collaboration with Walgreens announced earlier this year. Eighty
additional Sprint Express locations within Walgreens will open this
week throughout Chicagoland and the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area that
provide wireless services and expertise to customers in
neighborhoods where they live and work.
About Sprint:
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company
that creates more and better ways to connect its customers to
the things they care about most. Sprint served 54.5 million
connections as of Sept. 30, 2018, and
is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying
innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service
from a national carrier in the United
States; leading no-contract brands including Virgin Mobile
USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance
Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk
capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Today,
Sprint's legacy of innovation and service continues with an
increased investment to dramatically improve coverage, reliability,
and speed across its nationwide network and commitment to launching
the first 5G mobile network in the U.S. You can learn more and
visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or www.facebook.com/sprint and
www.twitter.com/sprint.
1 Of 1,000 people surveyed for the 2017 Schorr
Package Theft Report.
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