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June 9, 2021

Amazon, Ebay, Etsy, Shopify and Boots are thought to have lost around £1 billion during yesterday’s global internet outages, leading MPs to call for new safeguards to be put in…

Online sales fell 5.6 per cent in April as shoppers returned to high street retailers in their droves dealing what analysts are calling a “body blow” to the ecommerce sector.

Online retail sales fell 5.6% in April amid fears ecommerce boom could be ending

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May 21, 2021

Online sales fell 5.6 per cent in April as shoppers returned to high street retailers in their droves dealing what analysts are calling a “body blow” to the ecommerce sector.…

Poundland’s upcoming online launch leaves Primark “standing virtually alone”

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April 30, 2021

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Poundland’s upcoming online launch leaves Primark “standing virtually alone” as the only major high street retailer without an ecommerce operation, according to analysts. Earlier this week Poundland announced that it…

The Ever Given’s blockage of the Suez Canal is set to cost traders a total of £4.35 billion as experts warn ecommerce retailers will feel the effects for months to come.

Ever Given delays to cost traders £4.4bn seeing online retailers take the brunt

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March 30, 2021

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The Ever Given’s blockage of the Suez Canal is set to cost traders a total of £4.35 billion as experts warn ecommerce retailers will feel the effects for months to…

Small businesses could soon be unable to ship products due to an unprecedented shortage of cardboard boxes.

‘Amazon effect’ drives 1000% increase in cardboard prices threatening to disrupt ecommerce deliveries

Delivery

March 15, 2021

Small businesses could soon be unable to ship products due to an unprecedented shortage of cardboard boxes. Cardboard prices have skyrocketed over 1000 per cent since the start of the…

Retailers have warned that this could not only actually raise taxes for physical retailers with online operations, but would also hamper independent retailers at a crucial impasse for the British economy.

Online sales tax would be a “huge mistake” as industry splits in support for controversial levy

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February 24, 2021

An online sales tax would be “a huge mistake” retailers have warned as the industry splits in its support for the controversial tax. Retailers across the UK are vehemently voicing…

John Lewis, Next, Halfords and Dixons Carphone could all end up paying more than they do now if a new “Amazon tax” was imposed in efforts to help the high street.

Amazon Tax could be disastrous for UK shoppers as retailers “simply pass any new tax on to the consumer”

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February 12, 2021

ParcelHero returns Royal Mail TakeBack Monday

An “Amazon Tax” on online sales could impact millions of the UK’s online shoppers as retailers simply pass the costs along, experts have warned. Earlier this week reports emerged that…

Royal Mail will waive parcel pickup charges until May offering customers free collection of up to five packages a day in a bid to boost its new doorstep collection service.

“Takeback Monday” breaks records for returns rising 63%

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January 5, 2021

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“Takeback Monday” smashed previous records for the highest number of returns in a single day yesterday thanks to the dramatic shift online. According to a study from Royal Mail, yesterday…

Over two thirds of shoppers experienced at least one problem with their Christmas deliveries last year as shoppers fear even more disruption this year.

69% of shoppers had issues with Christmas deliveries last year as fears grow of more chaos this year

Delivery

December 3, 2020