Last-mile delivery platform Trexity gears up for potential surge as postal disruption looms
The following is a preview from the Ottawa Business Journal
While businesses are bracing for impact with the news of a looming Canada Post strike, one Ottawa company is revving up to fill the gap and keep packages moving for retailers.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ urban and rural mail carrier bargaining units issued 72-hour strike notices to Canada Post on Tuesday. The union also said its workers had received notice from Canada Post that they could be locked out Friday morning if a deal isn’t reached.
The potential disruption to postal service has Alok Ahuja, CEO and founder of Ottawa-based last-mile delivery platform Trexity, on high alert.
He says his firm has seen a considerable increase in merchant signups for his courier service over the past couple of weeks as the likelihood of a strike or lockout intensified.
“We’ve had a massive uptick of people reaching out to our merchant success team to ask like, ‘What do I do? Can you guys be there and stick with us through the next eight weeks so that we can successfully close out 2024?’ and we’re there to support them. We help them create an account and minutes later, you could be making deliveries,” Ahuja told OBJ this week.