Jo Bradley, business development manager for packaging solutions at Quadient, says that with the cardboard supply market under stress, and forthcoming changes to packaging and waste regulations retailers and shippers need to act now. As is well known, on-line sales, most of which are shipped in cardboard boxes, rose 74% (more…)
Yodel is creating 30 new LGV driver apprentice roles at its three national sort centres in the West Midlands, Hertfordshire and Greater Manchester. The new apprentices will be trained onsite at Hatfield in Hertfordshire, Willenhall near Wednesbury and Shaw in Oldham, and will work towards achieving their category C+E licence (more…)
Amazon has announced a 10,000 person expansion of its permanent workforce in the UK, taking it to more than 55,000 people by the end of year. The company has also announced that it will invest £10 million over three years to train up to 5,000 employees in new skills and (more…)
DX has announced it is to repay government furlough payments totalling £0.6m, received in support of the current financial year, as well as accelerate its plans to expand DX’s delivery network by targeting the opening of 12 new depots over the next two years. The news comes after the company (more…)
Deliveroo is partnering with retailers including Pret A Manger, Co-op and Waitrose to provide support to communities and charities across the UK, with an initial pledge to deliver one million meals to families in need in the 200 cities and towns in which it operates. As part of its new (more…)
Nearly half (45%) of consumers expect online orders to be delivered within two days, with half (49%) saying that shipping and delivery options are factors they consider when buying online and choosing which retailer to buy from. The survey, of 1,500 consumers from the UK and Benelux and commissioned by (more…)
Royal Mail, in partnership with DronePrep, Skyports, University of Southampton, Excalibur Healthcare Services, Consortiq Limited and Windracers Limited, a consortium funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has become the first UK parcel carrier to deliver mail to a UK island via drone. The first is part of a month-long (more…)
Returns specialist ReBOUND, which works with the likes of ASOS, Gymshark and Sweaty Betty, has been acquired by recycling and waste management giant Reconomy. The company will continue to operate under its own name but will share tech, data and services across the Reconomy Group, which also includes Reverse Logistics (more…)
Asda is running a three-month trial of delivery boxes, allowing out of home delivery for selected customers. The trial is in conjunction with parcel delivery box specialist LockTin, whose business model rents out delivery boxes for between £5.99 and £7.99 a month. The initiative is being trialled in Yorkshire, the (more…)
DPD has announced the rollout of an air quality monitoring programme across six of the biggest cities in the UK. The initiative, dubbed Project Breathe, is already live in London with 100 mobile air quality sensors on the roof of DPD vans and 20 fixed units on DPD PickUp shops (more…)
Digital home lifestyle brand Made.com is expanding with a new 350,000 sq ft London Gateway distribution centre, more than doubling its capacity at the logistics park in Tilbury. The extension will help support the company’s future growth, as well as reducing furniture delivery lead times for its customers. The warehouse (more…)
Sweaty Betty, who saw triple-figure digital growth in 2020, has partnered with ReBOUND to offer rapid returns to its customers both in the UK and internationally. The brand saw total revenues increase by around 60% during 2020. ReBOUND will now manage all Sweaty Betty returns across the UK, as well (more…)
Poundland has launched online home delivery, with more than 2,000 lines available for a selection of staff and trial partners to order from. The pilot has been running since the end of February it emerged this week, with 18,000 Poundland staff and ‘selected guests’ able to order from a range (more…)
Mobile marketplace Shpock has added Royal Mail as a new delivery partner. The company will offer a range of delivery services to Shpock users, including label generation and improved tracking. Shpock users can also use a range of new shipping options via Royal Mail’s Click&Drop service. Until 30th May, they (more…)
Nearly half (46%) of European retailers would be willing to pay additional fees of up to £1 per parcel to compensate for CO2-neutral ‘green delivery’, according to new data. Meanwhile, one-third (34%) of those surveyed said they would be willing to provide consumers with the option to pay extra for green delivery, with (more…)
Whistl is accelerating its efulfillment expansion with the opening of three new depots, the company has announced. The largest will be a 300,000 sq ft brand new site within Magna Park South, Lutterwortth. Once complete it will include parking for 41 HGVs, with 28 dock levelers and 2 level access (more…)
Justin King, CEO of Sainsbury’s between 2004 and 2014, has joined delivery technology platform The Snappy Group as senior advisor and has also invested in the business. He is likely to then join the board as non-executive director following the recent launch of Series A fundraising. The Group’s website and proprietary (more…)
DHL Express, which has a goal to electrify 60% of its fleet by 2030, has invested in 100 of the first Fiat E-Ducato vans, launched to the public this week, for its European fleet. The company plans to add more than 14,000 e-vehicles to its last mile delivery fleet across (more…)
More than half of young shoppers are persuaded to purchase if the delivery company the retailer is using is focused on reducing its emissions, according to new research from Yodel. It found that 53% of 18-34s said they’d be more inclined to purchase if that was the case. They were (more…)
Schuh and New Look are the latest retailers to offer InPost’s Instant Returns solution, where customers simply need to scan their QR code and drop the parcel off at a locker to manage their returns. The service, which was launched with Missguided last month, means that customers don’t have to (more…)