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<\/p>\nThe new service is available in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway, and will see a range of major nationwide retailers and local businesses onto the platform for the first time, it said.<\/p>\n
The company first initially moved beyond food delivery to include retail products in 2023 across the UK.<\/p>\n
The first partners to launch with the app include The Perfume Shop and Accessorize, alongside more than 20 local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).<\/p>\n
The aim for the service is offer that option for a late gift or a quick fix, says Helen Maher, the regional director of Deliveroo Ireland.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve all been there, you need a last-minute birthday gift, you\u2019ve run out of your favourite moisturiser, or you don\u2019t want to leave the house mid-way through a DIY project because you need more paint. We want to solve that.\u201d<\/p>\n
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According to the platform\u2019s data, there have been a significant number of searches for retail products. Stock photo: Getty<\/p>\n
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The launch aims to tap into a shift in Irish consumer behaviour, it said.<\/p>\n
As recent market analysis by Deliveroo found 70pc of online shoppers in Ireland consider convenience a key factor in their purchasing decisions and 29pc of Irish consumers have increased their frequency of online shopping.<\/p>\n
The launch also responds to growing customer demand for retail products on Deliveroo, it said.<\/p>\n
According to the platform\u2019s data, there have been a significant number of searches for products like flowers, home appliances, stationary, gifts and pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n
The retail expansion builds on the established grocery delivery service in Ireland, which includes brands such as Tesco, M&S, and SPAR.<\/p>\n
Users can open the Deliveroo app, navigate to the \u2018Shopping\u2019 category, and browse items from retailers in their local area.<\/p>\n
Once an order is placed, they can track its progress in real-time as a Deliveroo rider delivers it directly to their door, it said.<\/p>\n
This new service creates an opportunity for Irish retailers, Ms Maher stressed.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur mission is to bring the local community to your doorstep and this is a significant step forward to achieving that.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not just about convenience for our customers; it\u2019s about creating a new and vital opportunity for Irish retailers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last week US delivery giant DoorDash completing a \u00a32.9bn acquisition of UK based Deliveroo, less than half the valuation of the London firm when it listed on the stock market in March 2021, at the height of a surge in online shopping triggered by the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new service is available in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway, and will see a range of major…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60,898],"class_list":{"0":"post-63722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-latest-news-ticker"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}