GS25 Half-Price Parcel Service Operates Normally During Seol Holiday... "90% Growth in Usage Compared to Last Seol"

Reception, Delivery, and Pickup All Year Round
"Demand Expected to Surge Due to Short Holidays"

GS Retail's convenience store GS25 announced on the 5th that its half-price parcel delivery service will operate normally during this year's Lunar New Year holiday period.

Half-price parcel delivery is an ultra-low-cost courier service launched by GS25 in 2019, utilizing its own logistics infrastructure for the first time in the industry. Customers drop off parcels at GS25 stores, and recipients pick them up at GS25 stores, with cumulative usage exceeding 30 million transactions. Since delivery is carried out through GS25's own logistics infrastructure, the service operates year-round without holidays from drop-off to delivery and pickup.

GS25 Half-Price Parcel Service, the Only One in the Industry Operating Year-Round from Acceptance to Delivery.
[Photo by GS Retail]

Based on these unique advantages, GS25 explained that parcel demand concentrates on the half-price parcel service during the annual holiday periods when regular courier services do not operate. In fact, an analysis of half-price parcel service usage data during the Lunar New Year holidays over the past three years showed a year-on-year growth rate of 204.5% in 2022 and 90.2% in 2023. The average daily usage during the Lunar New Year holiday period has also grown more than twofold each year.

This Lunar New Year holiday as well, the half-price parcel service will operate normally during periods when regular courier services are closed. Delivery is completed within 4 days including the drop-off day for ▲inland-to-inland and ▲Jeju-to-Jeju shipments, and within 5 to 7 days including the drop-off day for Jeju-to-inland shipments. However, for Jeju-to-inland shipments, delivery times may be adjusted if weather conditions prevent ship operations or if ship schedules change.

GS25 expects that this year, due to the short holiday, more customers will use the GS25 half-price parcel service to send gifts to family and acquaintances without returning to their hometowns. In particular, the Jeju-to-inland half-price parcel service launched last October is expected to be even more popular during its first holiday season since launch. Additionally, it is anticipated to help disperse the surge in parcel drop-offs that typically occurs immediately after the holiday period.

Yoon Ji-ho, MD of GS Retail’s Service Product Team, said, "GS25’s half-price parcel delivery service, the only year-round courier service in Korea, meets customers’ parcel needs and enhances convenience during periods when regular courier services are closed, such as holidays." He added, "We plan to conduct thorough service inspections during this holiday period to ensure GS25 continues to fulfill its role as a lifestyle platform without any shortcomings."

Meanwhile, GS25 has also prepared a special discount event for customers using the half-price parcel service during the Lunar New Year holiday. From the 5th to the 18th of this month, customers who use the half-price parcel service via the Our Neighborhood GS app will receive a 300 KRW discount on the fee. With the discount applied, customers can use the half-price parcel service for between 1,500 KRW and 2,300 KRW.

Customers are using half-price parcel delivery at GS25.
[Photo by GS Retail]

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