E-Commerce News
The latest e-commerce news, analysis and data.
An Post is forecasting Ireland’s busiest ever online shopping fortnight as a surge of support for Irish retailers combines with Black Friday and Cyber Monday e-commerce events this weekend ahead of shops reopening next week.
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IPC has published the first online sustainability report featuring the first-year results of the new Sustainability Measurement and Management System (SMMS) which reveals that participating Posts have continued to increase their sustainability efforts through initiatives including renewable electricity use and growth of alternative-fuel vehicle fleet.
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Ofcom is calling on Royal Mail to modernise its network and become more efficient, in order to sustain the universal service and keep pace with postal users’ changing needs.
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DHL Express will be opening its newest and largest distribution facility in Japan — the Osaka Distribution Center (ODC) at Sakai city, Osaka-fu. At an investment of JPY 9.9 billion (EUR 79.9 million), the new facility is the largest-ever facility investment that DHL Express has made in Japan.
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Cainiao Smart Logistics Network, the logistics arm of Alibaba Group Holding Limited, today announced the results of its sustainability initiatives which culminated in a greener 11.11 event this year.
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UK delivery management company, Whistl, has announced that it is to move in to a new 78000sqft depot at Bristol Patchway in 2021. The site which is currently under development will be used for the company’s business mail and parcel collection and sortation operations for the South West.
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The home delivery expert ParcelHero is forecasting an £8.49 billion monster Black Friday-Cyber Monday weekend. It warns that stores must learn from the disaster of Black Friday 2014 or delivery chains could snap once again this year.
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Panther logistics has announced that the business has been acquired by US based AIT Worldwide Logistics, a global transportation management leader that prides itself on expanding companies’ access to markets all over the world.
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FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corps, has launched a new route between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel. The route will strengthen trade between the two countries and support customers, particularly small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs), with their international expansion.
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Over the last year SwipBox has seen an explosive increase in the number of parcels being delivered to their parcel lockers all over the world. With Black Friday and Christmas shopping just around the corner SwipBox is preparing for a historical peak season.
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Quadient has today announced the findings of a survey into shopping behaviour and parcel delivery expectations, as consumers prepare for Black Friday and Christmas. The survey of 1,000 UK respondents conducted in October 2020, highlights the need for reliable incoming parcel management as delivery volumes rise.
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Canada Post recorded a loss before tax of $265 million in the third quarter of 2020, as declines in Transaction Mail and Direct Marketing revenue and higher costs had a significant impact on earnings. Parcels revenue continued to grow in the quarter, but it was not enough to offset these contributing factors.
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