Parcel delivery firm DPD has announced 6,000 new UK jobs and a major infrastructure investment in response to the unprecedented boom in online shopping caused by Covid-19.
The firm, which delivers for many of the UK's leading retailers, will invest £200m this year to expand its next-day parcel capacity, including £100m on vehicles, £60m on 15 new regional depots (10...
As we reach a time where many business owners are considering what they can do in order to get back in the game after the coronavirus lockdown, it’s important to think about the changes that you will inevitably need to make in order to keep your employees and customers safe both now and in the future. Social distancing measures,...
Waitrose, John Lewis and health and life insurer Vitality is this week launching a series of free virtual workshops focused on health and wellbeing, exclusively for myWaitrose and myJohn Lewis members.
The programme has been created to help address some of the undesirable "side effects" of lockdown including poor posture from lengthy spells of home working, disturbed sleep or unhealthy...
Pret A Manger has launched its first retail range with three organic coffee products going on sale on Amazon.co.uk and in Pret shops, meaning consumers can play the role of a Pret Barista and enjoy the company’s much-loved coffee from the comfort of their own homes.
The range which is available on Amazon.co.uk now includes Pret’s Organic Classic Blend Ground...
Deal-sharing community, hotukdeals, studied data from the whole of April to see what deals their 2 million members were posting and found a 15% increase in the number of deals on the platform, compared to the same period last year.
As UK consumers are looking to save money during lockdown, on everything from essential items to ways to stay entertained, they...
The world’s largest sporting goods retailer, Decathlon, today announced it is rolling out MishiPay’s mobile self-checkout solution across its 81 German stores. The innovative technology is already live in Decathlon Deutschland stores in Berlin (Berlin Hauptbahnhof), Munich (Munich Connect), Cologne (Marsdorf), Schwetzingen and Plochingen, with more locations being added every week.
With Decathlon Deutschland Scan & Go, customers simply scan...
Research conducted by new entrant to the UK fintech market, Modularbank, in partnership with market research specialists, OnePoll, has found that 83% of UK consumers claim that technology, that improves payment ease and flexibility, forms an important part of their decision in choosing which retailers, telecoms and utilities companies to give their business to.
In fact, based on a survey...
Do you remember what it was like before Covid-19? Some of us might wistfully reminisce about the ‘good old days’ all those weeks ago, but even the rose-tinted glasses cannot hide fact that we have been facing significant challenges for some time now.
Pre Covid-19, over half of all working days lost were due to stress, anxiety, and depression....
Ecommerce is playing a critical role in the fight against COVID-19, with online retailers experiencing a flood of orders from customers confined to their homes, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
GlobalData’s recent report, COVID-19 Impact on Ecommerce, reveals that COVID-19 will have a long-term positive effect on the ecommerce sector, with even the most skeptical consumers forced...
New data from Missguided has revealed that sales in lingerie have spiked a huge 300% compared to last year, as Britain gets ready to exit lockdown.
New coronavirus guidelines brought in this week, has made it illegal to have sex in your own home with a person from another household, but that doesn't appear to be stopping anyone as lingerie...