Telenor Pakistan and Daraz.PK have partnered to setup Easy Shops across Pakistan, through which users who don’t have internet will be able to browse through various products available at Daraz, order these products and receive them at a designated physical address.
As a result of this development, Telenor Easy Shops will have marketing material (like posters and flyers) of the running products available over the counter that users can go through while shop agent would be there to facilitate customer in browsing and ordering products on customers’ behalf from his machine.
Easy Shops will receive the payments and process the order which will be delivered to the customer at the designated address in a smooth and hassle-free way.
With this collaborative effort by the two companies, people in areas with low broadband connectivity will be brought into the ecommerce sphere through Telenor’s Easy Shops.
The project initiates development of 20 pilot shops and hopes to grow throughout the nation, connecting distant places where e-commerce is still a relatively unknown concept and access to urban shopping centers is limited.
Speaking on the occasion, Irfan Wahab Khan, Deputy CEO and CMO Telenor Pakistan, said,
“Being a customer-centric company with innovation at the heart of its operations, Telenor Pakistan has been taking major steps towards realizing its mission of a digital Pakistan.
Easy Shops has emerged as one of the fastest growing retail channel for Telecom, handsets, Digital and Financial Services and as boundaries between online and offline worlds are blurring this partnership will open unparalleled opportunities for Telenor customers.
The collaboration adds more to what Easy Shops deliver to our customers as they can learn about online shopping and book and pay for Daraz.pk products in a convenient manner”.
Sharing his thoughts on the development, Bjarke Mikkelsen, Co-CEO at Daraz Asia, said,
“We have joined hands once again with Telenor Pakistan as we seek to share our common strengths and experiences to effectively pursue the shared mission of providing a sustainable model for ease and promotion of e-commerce in the country.
This collaboration between Telenor and Daraz will definitely develop digital infrastructure and awareness in previously unconnected and distant parts of the nation, as we plan to expand this project to the entire network of 550 Easy Shops in the country.
As a result, everyone will have equal opportunities to be part of the growth Pakistan is set to experience.”
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Telenor innovation at its best. Optimum utilization of its existing resources and benefitted from its nationwide retail network. Can be good avenue of revenue generation for TP and its partners.
Very good step taken by two giants