Last week, something like 5,000 people visited EDX16 and IRX16 at the Birmingham NEC – the jointly-hosted expos of eDelivery and InternetRetailing, along with colleagues from TameBay and eSeller. I can’t remember the last time I walked as much in a single day as I did on Day Two, although (more…)
eDelivery Expo (EDX16) starts today at the NEC in Birmingham. If you’re coming, why not let us know by tweeting about it, using the hashtag #EDX16. Here’s a quick recap of some of the pre-show stories we’ve run, and themes you can expect to hear about, to help feed your ‘must (more…)
This time next week the eDelivery team will be at EDX16 at the Birmingham NEC. If you can make it there too it would be great to see you there. Keep reading for more on that. The second eDelivery Expo – otherwise known as EDX16 – gets underway next week (more…)
The latest edition of eDelivery Magazine is out now, and being delivered to readers across the UK and beyond. I caught up with my colleague Emma Herrod, executive editor of eDelivery Magazine, to hear about what readers have to look forward to from EDM05… the themes and issues covered and (more…)
The latest edition of eDelivery Magazine is out now, and being delivered to readers across the UK and beyond. I caught up with my colleague Emma Herrod, executive editor of eDelivery Magazine, to hear about what readers have to look forward to from EDM05… the themes and issues covered and (more…)
In just three weeks, eDelivery Expo, EDX16, will be getting under way. Stands will be buzzing, press releases will be stacked in the press office, and attendees will be visiting exhibitors and sitting in on some of the excellent sessions we’ve got lined up. We’ve got some truly world-class retail (more…)
Data rich, insight poor. That’s the way the retail sector was described to me several times recently when I started working on a series of features looking at the role of technology in the operations and logistics sector. To be frank, I doubt that description will come as a surprise (more…)
The long and at times winding tale that led Sainsbury’s to Argos’s door has concluded pretty much as we anticipated back in early February. OK, so we didn’t foresee the counter offer from South African retail group Steinhoff. Nor – once they were in the race – did we predict (more…)
D-Day for the much discussed Sainsbury’s / Argos takeover is almost upon us. Or is it? The deadline for a final, binding offer is 18 March – also known as this Friday. As things stand Argos has two potential suitors, one being Sainsbury’s and the other the lesser-known-in-these parts South (more…)
Do you drive along the M6 motorway? If you do, get ready to see the future in your rear view mirror, that’s if rumours concerning the Chancellor of the Exchequer are to be believed. Next week, when he announces the Budget, George Obsborne is expected to give the go-ahead for (more…)
If I shared with you my cynicism about the many predictions that Amazon is going to become a take-on-all-comers carrier business, it probably wouldn’t surprise you. Because for all the speculation on that matter in recent months, there’s been precious little analysis. Until now, when I suddenly find I in (more…)
Strike a pose! Amazon is planning the launch of its own fashion range, if the latest grapevine rumblings are to be believed. This latest development in the what next speculation that follows Amazon around, coincides with news that the etailer is now offering restaurant/take-away deliveries in seven cities across the (more…)
Put down all that ‘what will Amazon do next’ speculation I’m often talking about. We need to have a chat about Google. News that Google has been awarded a patent (by the US Patent office) for a driverless delivery vehicle containing secure parcel lockers means that another of the internet’s (more…)
Yesterday, 2 February, I was at MetaPack’s Delivery Conference – a packed event, and I’ll be writing up some of what I saw and heard over the next few days. On a personal note though, it was great to meet lots of eDelivery readers there, many of whom said they (more…)
If I had to sum up the theme of my column this week in one word, that word would be change. Change can be tactical, strategic, and truly transformational. And I think we have a dose of each of those among the top stories on eDelivery. For example, Yodel has (more…)
Ship to shore… we’re not sure what Amazon is up to anymore! On top of a tonne of speculation around the retailer’s involvement with aircraft, news leaked out last week that Amazon is now a registered sea container business too. There’s a story here from our colleagues on Tamebay with more (more…)
It only seems like last month when I wrote “Amazon is up to something.” At the risk of repeating myself, here we go again. But first, is click-and-collect broken? This time last year it was heralded as one of the saviours of Christmas 2014 (with a little help from weekend (more…)
Hello, welcome to the first eDelivery email of 2016, and from everyone on the team … Happy New Year. We’ve already got a few key dates and events in our diary – such as eDelivery Expo (EDX16) in April – and we’re starting to take stock of some of the (more…)
It’s been the case in my weekly columns that I try to look at a topical issue from a different perspective; to look at the bigger picture, as it were. But I thought I’d break with that tradition this week. This year has been eDelivery’s first full calendar year in (more…)
Amazon is up to something. I know, I know … it’s always up to something or other. But this time, if the smoke signals are to be believed, that something could have long-lasting implications for the carrier sector. It’s quite possible that last time I ploughed the Amazon’s at it (more…)