Convenience Store Online Marketplace & Delivery for the Vulnerable

便利店在线市场

• 批准号: 60281
• 金额: $ 9.56万
• 依托单位: DRINK TECH LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=60281
• 关键词: Convenience; Store; Online; Marketplace; Delivery

Before Covid-19, consumer demand for convenience and online shopping were on a clear rise. Unfortunately for local high street shops, this meant reduced footfall and in-store sales compounded by the pressure of increasing business rates.The current pandemic has unfortunately **exacerbated the pressures on local shops**. It has also highlighted the need for home delivery, especially to those who can't physically shop for groceries and essentials, people like the **vulnerable**, **NHS staff**, and the **elderly**.The latest Google analytics Mobility Report for the UK shows physical traffic to shops is down by 41%. Unfortunately it's not uncommon to read headlines like "Coronavirus Shutdown Ravages High Street".While grocery stores are trying hard to meet delivery demand, they simply can't keep up. Average wait times are now exceeding three weeks.There is a solution though, our local convenience stores are well-stocked and looking for additional revenue. The problem is that to-date convenience stores have been underserved for online sales and delivery.That's why we propose developing and operating a **purpose-built online marketplace and delivery platform specifically connecting local convenience stores and customers need**.Drinkly started trading three years ago after understanding the need in consumer demand for ecommerce and the need for high street retailers to find new revenue streams as more consumers were shopping online.We focussed on the underserved off-licence sector and have worked hard to drive revenue to off-license store owners. Our efforts have paid off, adding over 30% revenue to our first retail partner. We've also been recognised by industry for our work, being named 2019 Scottish SME Digital Business of the Year and being listed as one of TechNation's Top 2020 UK Startups.In the throes of Covid-19, we understand how much more than ever consumers need home delivery of essential household items and that local independent retailers need to sell online to secure the future of their businesses during _and_ after the pandemic.With our knowledge of building a marketplace and delivery platform for the off-licence trade, **we're uniquely positioned to use our technical and business experience to make this project a success**. This grant will allow us to develop and quickly deploy technology to connect convenience stores and customers and **play an important part in helping customers and retailers during these difficult times and beyond**.CHANGE TO PROJECT SCOPEThroughout the project we have been constantly learning how best to bring our project to market and listening to consumer feedback to understand the best way to commercialise our proposition add real value to consumers, retailers and the economy by ensure we have a strong business model to commercialise.- We are looking for funding to secure 2 members of staff on the project to bring it to market- Based on retailer and consumer feedback we would like to supply drivers to retailers and are looking for the support of a third party to help us in this quest- We would like to get legal support to ensure we are compliant with all UK legislation to trade

在新冠肺炎疫情之前，消费者对便利和网上购物的需求明显上升。不幸的是，对于当地的高街店铺来说，这意味着客流量和店内销售减少，加上营业率上升的压力。它还强调了送货上门的必要性，特别是对那些不能亲自购买杂货和必需品的人，像 ** 弱势群体 **，**NHS工作人员 ** 和 ** 老年人 **。最新的谷歌分析英国移动报告显示，商店的物理流量下降了41%。不幸的是，像“冠状病毒肆虐商业街”这样的头条新闻并不少见。虽然杂货店正在努力满足送货需求，但他们根本无法跟上。平均等待时间现在超过三个星期。有一个解决方案，虽然，我们当地的便利店库存充足，并寻找额外的收入。问题是，迄今为止，便利店的在线销售和交付服务不足。这就是为什么我们建议开发和运营一个专门用于连接当地便利店和客户需求的在线市场和交付平台。Drinkly三年前开始交易，当时他了解到消费者对电子商务的需求，以及商业街零售商需要寻找新的收入来源，消费者在网上购物。我们专注于服务不足的非许可部门，并努力为非许可商店业主带来收入。我们的努力得到了回报，为我们的第一个零售合作伙伴增加了超过30%的收入。我们的工作也得到了行业的认可，被评为2019年苏格兰中小企业数字业务年度奖，并被列为TechNation的2020年英国初创企业之一。在新冠肺炎的痛苦中，我们了解到，消费者比以往任何时候都更需要基本家居用品的送货上门，当地独立零售商需要在线销售，以确保其业务在_的未来。凭借我们在为非许可贸易建立市场和交付平台方面的知识，** 我们具有独特的优势，可以利用我们的技术和业务经验使该项目取得成功 **。这笔赠款将使我们能够开发和快速部署技术，将便利店和客户联系起来，并在帮助客户和零售商度过这些困难时期和以后发挥重要作用 ** 改变项目范围在整个项目中，我们一直在不断地学习如何最好地将我们的项目推向市场，并听取消费者的反馈，以了解将我们的主张商业化的最佳方式，增加真实的价值。消费者，零售商和经济，确保我们有一个强大的商业模式商业化。我们正在寻找资金，以确保该项目的2名工作人员将其推向市场-根据零售商和消费者的反馈，我们希望向零售商提供驱动程序，并正在寻找第三方的支持，以帮助我们在这方面的追求-我们希望得到法律的支持，以确保我们符合所有英国立法贸易