Officially launched in 2023, the Lyon-based company Drive Cube offers secure, 24/7 collection lockers for local businesses. The idea? To enable stores to build customer loyalty and compete with e-commerce thanks to a service that avoids waiting and adapts to their customers’ constraints.
Installed in front of the Limogne pharmacy, in Quercy in the Lot, a small white unit fixed to the wall and personalized with the establishment’s colors attracts the attention of patients. At shoulder height, four small lockers are arranged one below the other. Secure, they can only be opened with a single-use code.
« When the customer pays for his order in his store or online, it is placed in a locker. He receives a code issued by our platform by email and SMS. He can then go to his establishment, even if it is closed, and enter the code to collect the products. “, explain Régis Laurent, co-founder of Drive Cube with Antoine de Saléon-Terras.
Marketed since 2023, this solution aims to allow local businesses to offer the same collection service as online platforms, without having to ship orders.. « With Covid, there has been a real boom in e-commerce. Many people have become accustomed to ordering in just a few clicks. But this growth is to the detriment of local retailers. We want to provide a solution to these establishments so that they maintain the link with their client, their advisory role, while gaining flexibility. ” adds Régis Laurent.
A target of brick & mortar retail customers
In pharmacies, this system allows healthcare professionals, such as nurses, to collect their orders before opening and thus avoid waiting. It also benefits patients who can pick up their promissory notes – products not in stock at the time of their first visit – without time constraints. Besides pharmacies, This Lyon company mainly supplies building-related stores such as plumbing, air conditioning or electrical equipment stores.
Great adaptability
With his tailor-made offer, The young Lyon company also offers small lockers that can accommodate a medicine box or booksuch as larger spaces allowing, for example, delivery a fridge or a pallet.
« All our equipment and accessories are manufactured in France, which allows us to be very responsive. When signing the contract, the trader chooses the number of lockers that will be installed and their sizes. However, he has the possibility, at any time, to adapt his offer by increasing their number. This service also allows businesses to eliminate delivery costs. There is no risk of the package being lost or damaged and no additional packaging costs. ».
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Already around ten client brands
Thanks to its low-tech installations that require neither electricity nor major works, Drive Cube can offer affordable rates to merchants with a offer starting at 150 euros per monthIn one year, this company has already convinced more than ten brands and plans to accelerate in the second half of 2024. In June, we are launching a new offer, the producer drive. The idea is to allow the general public to order directly from the producers and then come and collect your order at any time in one of our insulated lockers. Between our various offers, we hope to quickly reach half a million euros in turnover. “, Régis Laurent aims.
Source: www.ecommercemag.fr
