POLL: Which retailers would you like see deliver to Jersey?

Tuesday 18 February 2020

Do you ever wish you could order from H&M, Zara or Ikea? Parcels from these popular UK retailers could soon be landing on local doorsteps if Jersey Post succeeds in its mission to tempt them over.

The island's postal service says it is looking to work with a number of brands to give Jersey residents "a greater and wider choice of online partners" and is asking islanders which ones they would like to see offer delivery to the Channel Islands.

To find out, its UK Sales Director Paul Scratchley took to the over 15,500-strong Facebook group, 'Jersey Ask! Advise! Advertise' last week.

"Do you have a favourite brand that you can't seem to get your hands on over here, or a retailer you visit when you go to the UK and really damage your credit card," Mr Scratchley added in his post. "Let us know and we'll see what we can do to work with your suggestions to offer a full e-commerce service to Jersey and Guernsey."

Within hours, the post had generated more than 100 responses, which have since grown to more than 400.

Pictured: Paul Scratchley's post on 'Jersey Ask! Advise! Advertise'.

At the time of writing, the likes of Zara and H&M were among the most popular fashion choices, with each requested over 100 times, while Ikea and Matalan topped the list of sought-after homeware sellers.

Primark fell within the top five most requested for online delivery, but the budget store does not currently have an e-commerce function.

Jersey Post explained that Mr Scratchley was appointed in October 2018 to support its ambition to stimulate off-island growth - an area of particular focus in recent years as local deliveries dwindle.

Part of this role involves "opening up the Channel Islands to a wider range of retailers that are currently unable to establish a delivery solution to reach this group of online shoppers," a spokesperson said.

Pictured: Jersey Post is contacting retailers to show them "there is a desire" in Jersey.

"We receive a lot of enquires from islanders regarding why certain retailers don’t ship to the Channel Islands, so Paul is trying to facilitate this by contacting retailers and showing them there is a desire and asking them to work with us to ship via Jersey Post."

Express would like to know which brands islanders are frustrated not to be able to get their hands on at the touch of a button, and has set up a poll to find out more.

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