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January 21, 2021

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Primark’s continuing insistence not launch an ecommerce offering despite taking a £1.1 billion hit could “be the start of the end” for the beloved brand. Last week the fast fashion…

Online homeware sales skyrocketed last year as the work-from-home (WFH) revolution saw shoppers invest in their home offices.

Work-from-home revolution saw 600% spike in desk sales says Made.com

Ecommerce

January 11, 2021

Online homeware sales skyrocketed last year as the work-from-home (WFH) revolution saw shoppers invest in their home offices. According to a new study from online homeware giant Made.com, 68 per…

Sales in ‘me-gifting’ surge with 4.1m Brits expected to treat themselves this Christmas

Sales in ‘me-gifting’ set to surge with 4.1m Brits expected to treat themselves this Christmas

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December 22, 2020

After a year like no-other, many Brits will be adding their own names to their Christmas shopping gift list, as research from notonthehighstreet finds 4.1 million people will be ‘me-gifting’…

Sainsbury’s outsourced delivery drivers have cancelled plans to hold strike action which threatened to cause chaos for the grocer over Christmas.

Sainsbury’s is hiring 12,000 seasonal workers to fulfil online orders this Christmas

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December 10, 2020

Delivery / Supply Chain Ecommerce

Sainsbury’s is hiring 12,000 seasonal workers to help “fulfil online grocery orders” as the grocer prepares for a huge spike in demand for its digital services. The UK’s second largest…

Royal Mail halts deliveries to mainland Europe

Royal Mail warns customers to post “sooner rather than later” as surge in online purchases creates unprecedented demand

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December 7, 2020

The Royal Mail has urged people sending presents through the post to do so “sooner rather than later” as a Christmas season like no other means many people are completing…

Zalando co-CEO to step down

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December 7, 2020

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Zalando has announced co-chief executive Rubin Ritter will step down from his role at the company’s 2021 annual general meeting. The Berlin-based ecommerce platform has three co-chief executives: founders Robert…

Which? calls for better protection for PayPal customers from scammers

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December 7, 2020

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PayPal customers should be covered by the same consumer protections they receive when using other forms of payment, according to Which? Although PayPal offers its own user protection for customers…

Waitrose & Partners says that a quarter of the shoppers who purchased groceries online with it did so for the first time ever this year.

Waitrose says “things will never be the same” as 25% of shoppers buy groceries online for first time

Ecommerce Industry

December 4, 2020

Delivery / Supply Chain Ecommerce

Waitrose & Partners says that a quarter of the shoppers who purchased groceries online with it did so for the first time ever this year. According to Waitrose latest annual…

Half of British shoppers experienced delivery issues during lockdown

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November 16, 2020