B&Q has joined fellow Kingfisher brand Screwfix in partnering with Deliveroo to offer a rapid delivery service for DIY products.
The initiative will be introduced across nine B&Q Local stores in Camden, Harrow, Palmers Green, Streatham, Sutton, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wood Green and Staines-Upon-Thames later this month.
It means that customers will be able to shop from over 600 of the retailer’s DIY items and have them delivered in as little as 25 minutes.
The tie-up with the home improvement retailer forms part of the rapid-delivery app’s ‘Deliveroo Shopping’ expansion to add more non-grocery and food brands to its platform.
The delivery specialist has inked partnerships with retailers including The Perfume Shop, Ann Summers and Boots over the past year.
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B&Q supply and logistics director Amelie Gallichan-Todd said: “We’re constantly looking at how we can help make home improvement projects easier.
“This includes helping customers to get their home improvement products in the most efficient, and convenient way possible, by meeting increasing consumer demand for speed, convenience, and mobile access.
“We’re delighted to be partnering with Deliveroo to test on-demand delivery for our customers served by nine of our B&Q Local high street stores in London.”
Deliveroo chief operating officer Eric French added: “There is a huge home improvement market in the UK and our data shows that customers want the convenience of being able to order everything from paint brushes and paint to tools for delivery in as little as 25 minutes.
“We are excited by the expansion of ‘Deliveroo Shopping’ and this latest collaboration shows we are not only transforming the way people eat but also the way people shop.”
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