Parcel delivery firm DPD says it expects food and NHS deliveries to increase rapidly in the coming weeks, following a new tie up with supermarket giant Morrisons and additional deliveries to hospitals and other health sector locations.
The news follows the Department for Transport's (DfT) clarification that the work of the logistics sector is essential and should continue during the...
Retail giant GO Outdoors has temporarily rebranded and launched a video urging consumers to stay at home and protect the NHS, with the Met office predicting warmer and drier weather this weekend and the Prime Minister urging Brits to stay at home. This follows Department for Transport figures showing a ‘concerning’ rise in car use earlier this week.
The UK’s...
This week Superdrug has introduced a new same-day courier service to meet the urgent needs of customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The retailer, which supplies customers with over one million healthcare products a week, is offering the service to customers within an 8 mile radius of over 300 Superdrug stores.
Matt Walburn, eCommerce Director at Superdrug says: “The courier service...
Independent online retailers in the UK are taking, on average, 23% more orders this March than in 2019, according to new data from James and James Fulfilment. Essentials such as health supplements and store cupboard ingredients have seen triple-digit growth in orders between the last week of February and third week of March.
There is not only increased demand for...
Ted Baker, the global lifestyle brand, today announces the appointment of Rachel Osborne as Chief Executive Officer.
Rachel, whose appointment will be effective immediately, has more than 20 years' of relevant brand and retail sector experience. She joined Ted Baker as Chief Financial Officer in November 2019, before being appointed as Acting Chief Executive Officer in December 2019.
Rachel joined Ted...
Here’s a thought. Children today are your adult consumers of tomorrow.
For this reason, savvy retailers are investing in ways to accommodate and engage with young people responsibly, nurturing them for the future. It’s a worthwhile pursuit for those brands operating in the ecommerce space, bearing in mind that of the 12 to 15 age segments, 83% own a smartphone...
The banking industry group UK Finance announced the deployment of the new £45 contactless limit across UK retailers from 1 April 2020.
The contactless payment limit is set to rise as retailers move to keep staff and customers as safe as possible amid lockdown conditions across the UK. Adjusting the contactless limit from £30 to £45 will allow more customers...
Following today’s news (Monday 23 March) that Primark is set to lose £650m of net sales per month while its stores are closed:
Chloe Collins, Senior Retail Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view:
“Primark’s lack of transactional website has placed it under additional pressure in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, with the retailer having...
Supply chain and logistics consultancy SCALA has today announced the start of a COVID-19 supply chain emergency working group, bringing together companies supplying the grocery retail sector to ensure that the industry can “Feed the Nation”.
The working group, known as the COVID-19 Supply Chain Collaboration Group, has already had commitments from over 20 of the UK’s leading grocery manufacturers. The...
The impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) will wipe £12.6bn from retail sales this year, according to preliminary forecasts by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. This is equivalent to more than Aldi’s total UK sales last year.
Patrick O’Brien, UK Retail Research Director at GlobalData, comments: “While the food and grocery market will grow at 7.1% - the fastest rate for decades...
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