ROYAL Mail is to trial a Sunday parcel delivery service for a number of major retailers.
It will take on Amazon in the seven-days-a-week delivery market.
The move comes as more customers expect Sunday deliveries as part of their online shopping.
Boss Nick Landon said: “The UK already trusts us to deliver their purchases six days a week quickly and conveniently.
“Now, for the first time, our posties will be doing the same thing seven days a week.
“The last year has reset so many customer expectations and the desire for even more convenient and even more frequent parcel deliveries has certainly been one of them.
“We always listen to our customers, both senders and recipients, and the ask here was clear: we love what you do Monday to Saturday, so please do the same on a Sunday.”
It has not named the retailers involved.
In the past year, Royal Mail has processed an unprecedented number of parcels, delivering 496million in the third quarter ending December 27.
Yesterday Royal Mail said construction of its second, and largest, parcel hub is under way in Daventry, Northants.
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