South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp. plans to introduce same-hour delivery service by year’s end.
Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon announced the plan during Monday’s earnings call. “We will introduce a new type of service that allows for delivery within one hour by liaising with a number of supermarkets,” she said.
Last Thursday, the company revealed a Naver Arrival Guarantee solution that guarantees same-day delivery.
“We will strengthen our fast-delivery services in tandem with the Naver Fulfillment Alliance, which includes CJ Logistics,” said Choi. “We will link the service provider with the customer on a platform that assembles a wide range of data.”
Both the company's AI and B2B departments will be restructured and subsequently nestled under the New Cloud department.
Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon
“We will aggregate the company’s technological prowess into one area to optimize the entire business chain — from infrastructure to solutions,” the chief executive said.
Choi also vowed to take a proactive approach to business expansion in neighboring Japan by collaborating with Z Holdings Corp. and Softbank Group.
Write to Seung-Woo Lee at leeswoo@hankyung.com Jee Abbey Lee edited this article.
