Amazon is set to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in cutting its Prime free delivery time to one day. Brian Olsavsky, chief financial officer, revealed on a conference call to discuss the company’s latest financial results that it had been expanding the availability of one-day delivery. Olsavsky said that (more…)
DHL Express has launched an On Demand Delivery for the Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) region. The new service allows shippers and receivers globally to select from a range of standardised delivery options.
Tahira Food is implementing the Maxoptra, a dynamic vehicle route planning and scheduling platform to transform its pan-European Halal food delivery operation.
Millennials aged between 25 and 30 are the most demanding generation of consumers anyone has had to face (apart from my mother – Ed), but while they may well be annoying, getting it right for them means getting it really right. So how do you do it? Matthew Robertson, co-CEO, (more…)
Uber has pioneered the ‘invisible payment’, but soon it will be everywhere – and that means delivery and fulfilment will be changed dramatically. Ralf Ohlhausen, Business Development Director at PPRO Group explains “This is not good”, I thought. It was roughly half an hour after the restaurant ordered our taxi. (more…)
Route Genie, an advanced carrier management software, has agreed a strategic partnership with Volo Commerce, the multichannel ecommerce technology and services provider, to enable online retailers to modernise and streamline their delivery models. The Volo Commerce platform will now offer an integrated Route Genie enhanced carrier management capability, which can (more…)
In what is believed to be the third largest ecommerce acquisition deal of all time, Unilever is to buy internet startup Dollar Shave Club for $1bn. Founded in 2011 and based in California, Dollar Shave Club operates a direct-to-consumer subscription model with three levels of membership: The Humble Twin (two (more…)
The co-chair of the All Parliamentary Cycling Group has called for lorry drivers who make regular trips into urban areas to receive specialist training. Ruth Cadbury MP made the statement during a roundtable debate session organised by HGV Training. It has also led to a number of questions being submitted to (more…)
Sainsbury’s is planning to double the number of click-and-collect sites at its stores in the next 12 months. The retailer will have an expanded delivery and collection network at its disposal, once the absorption of the Argos business is complete, following the £1.4bn take-over. Having arrived late to the grocery (more…)
The UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) has applauded HM Revenue & Customs’ decision to simplify excise alcohol law. According to UKWA, “within ‘production’ tax warehouse regimes, brewers, cider-makers and wine-makers currently work in periods and make a single period return, whereas in the warehousing tax warehouse regime, duty has to be accounted for (more…)
Footwear retailer Schuh is one of InternetRetailing’s Top 50 retailers, and features in the Operations & Logistics category of the IRUK Top 500. In the very first issue of eDelivery Magazine, Emma Herrod spoke to Rob Bridle, the company’s head of logistics, about its logistics operations and how he manages the choice and delivery (more…)
In this feature from earlier in the year, InternetRetailing’s Senior Researcher Martin Shaw takes a look at the changing dynamics of delivery costs and the expectations on Black Friday. In September 2015’s edition of eDelivery, we looked into how delivery options have changed over the last 12 months for customers (more…)
As we’ve reported in eDelivery previously, at last month’s Nordic Delivery Conference, the use of robot technology in the fulfilment and delivery industry was hotly debated. It’s a technology that affects both logistics employees and online consumers, in both positive and negative ways. How does the logistics industry handle consumers’ demands (more…)
Omnichannel innovation and competitiveness is being held back by ageing IT, according to research from IT and comms integrator Daisy. The situation is further hampered by a reliance on complex systems needed to develop and roll-out new in-store and online services. The research found that 69% of retailers believe that (more…)
Fashion retailer French Connection has entered into a five year, $40m inbound logistics contract with retail supply chain company MIQ Logistics. It will cover international and domestic end-to-end supply chain management – including pick and distribution to retail channels – plus global visibility and supply chain status of inventory to (more…)
As festival-goers set sail for the Isle of Wight festival this weekend, international delivery expert ParcelHero is warning the UK’s festival scene could be about to face the music: because of rising logistics costs and the Great British weather. So could this be the end of the road for festivals (more…)
June 2016 sees the UK focused on the thorny issue of its relationship with the EU. In June 2015, eDelivery heard from ecommerce associations BEVH, FEVAD and IMRG discuss the differences between delivery and consumer expectations in France, Germany and the UK. Here we revisit that feature from the magazine archive. Ingmar (more…)
DX, which made its name delivering legal documentation, has acquired two delivery businesses in Scotland in a deal worth £3.25m. One of the acquired businesses is Legal Post, which provides a document exchange and postal service in Scotland, delivering legal documentation quickly and efficiently – reminiscent of DX’s historical core (more…)
Upmarket department store Fortnum & Mason has extended its contract with iForce for use of its Gateway cross channel order fulfilment and warehouse management service. The relationship between the two has been in place for almost four years, and includes the supply of products to Fortnum & Mason’s iconic store (more…)
XPO Logistics, the company formerly known as Norbert Dentressangle, is to handle UK logistics on behalf of UK tech-toy brand, VTech. This includes a bespoke warehouse management system, and flexible warehousing at XPO’s West Hallam shared-user facility in Derbyshire, which will be used to fulfil VTech customer orders in the (more…)