Gosford has been named Australia’s most romantic city by same-day delivery company Sherpa, with 500 deliveries of roses recorded on Valentine’s Day, February 14.
A spokesperson for Sherpa said demand this year was unprecedented with more than 20,000 Valentine’s Day deliveries made nationwide – an increase of 32 per cent on last Valentine’s Day.
Gifts sent included flowers, cupcakes, hampers and alcohol.
Roses were the most popular gift, with Gosford seeing the greatest number of deliveries, but there was also a huge increase in balloons, champagne, doughnuts, edible flowers and even the lamingtons.
Sherpa covers 75 per cent of the Australian population across 17 cities and is also improving the customer experience for Woolworths, Chemist Warehouse, Dan Murphy’s and other businesses.
“As we enter some kind of post-pandemic normality, the sentiment towards wanting goods immediately has remained very high,” CEO Duncan Brett said.
“A whole new cohort of customers has experienced the convenience and value of getting their goods same day and they are clearly loving it.”
Founded in 2014 as an Aussie start up tech company, Sherpa recently commenced operations in New Zealand and continues to expand its network of business partners and its fleet of crowd-sourced drivers.
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Media release, Feb 17
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