GATI partners with IKEA for home delivery solutions

GATI-KWE, a leader in express distribution services has emerged as the chosen logistic partner for the world’s largest furniture retailer IKEA’s first India store in Hyderabad. The partnership will enable IKEA to efficiently manage home deliveries of IKEA products (Do-It-Yourself) sold from its first ever India store to customer homes across Telangana. GATI-KWE through its unmatched know-how and technology sailed through an intense competitive process to qualify as the logistics service provider that meets IKEA’s global standards. The overall scope of partnership is a combination of contract logistics, last-mile distribution and reverse logistics. A vital facet of the solution is the use of environment-friendly fleet which will deliver the products to IKEA customers. This not only helps IKEA and GATI-KWE on their sustainability goals but the initiative also stands to prove the viability of smart green solutions in the Indian logistics sector. GATI-KWE’s portfolio is well-diversified with years of experience in special “white glove” services to handle everything from bulky furniture to delicate art pieces to food-delivery across India. GATI-KWE has tailored a customized process for handling IKEA shipments that requires time-definite delivery which needs an even more sophisticated logistics design compared with the more commonplace day-definite delivery process. This partnership with IKEA opens new frontiers in theB2C segment for GATI-KWE.