Insights Archives - Parcelhub

16 Nov

Deliver a Peak Like No Other: 5 Tips to Prepare for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Beyond

Peak 2021 is predicted to break all previous records, with an anticipated 10.7% rise compared with last year’s ecommerce shipping volumes during Covid-19’s deadliest phase. Furthermore, almost a third of Brits plan to shop exclusively online this Christmas, more than a fourfold increase from last year. While this presents sales growth opportunities for Britain’s 200,000 online retailers, burgeoning demand has put strain on all aspects...

impact of coronavirus covid19 on ecommerce delivery

09 Apr

How to make eCommerce shipping your competitive advantage

by Paul Skeldon

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One upshot of the coronavirus pandemic has been a substantial switch by consumers to eCommerce –and with that has come renewed pressures on shipping. In fact, shipping – both in the supply chain and B2C – is becoming the crucial link in the chain that is keeping many retailers and their customers afloat. At such a time as this, talk of “competitive advantage” is somewhat crass:...

importance of packaging in e commerce logistics

24 Jul

The importance of packaging in the eCommerce delivery experience

by Paul Skeldon

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One way to try and stem mankind’s impact on the world around us is to blockade the streets of national capitals, park pink yachts outside the House of Parliament, or even vote Green. Or each of us can take some simple, practical steps to change our behaviour to have a small, but significant impact. Increasingly, this is just what many shoppers are doing today: choosing green...

shipment delivery proactive notification

28 Jun

Get SMART: the future of eCommerce customer service

by Paul Skeldon

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Delivery is now one of the key performance indicators of eCommerce sites for most consumers. They don’t know it, but they are more inclined to look at the rapidity of delivery when faced with a choice of vendors online. If proof be needed, look no further than Amazon Prime and ASOS. Amazon Prime, while a loyalty scheme of sorts, is chosen by many shoppers purely because...

sustainable logistics and supply chain management for ecommerce businesses

03 Jun

Is sustainability the new loyalty in retail and eCommerce delivery?

by Paul Skeldon

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Tesla electric cars are cool. They look cool, they are cool to drive and they are environmentally cool. While Tesla itself might hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons, one story that should be in all the press is that the company is making an electric long-distance lorry. Yes, it sees the big future in electric vehicles being in delivery. And Tesla CEO Elon Musk...