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Lockdown Black Friday must be “halted in its tracks” to avoid delivery chaos and £1.3bn loss

November 24, 2020

Black Friday must be “halted in its tracks” to avoid retailers’ delivery networks completely collapsing under the weight of online orders. This year’s annual shopping festival, due to take place…

Non-essential online retailers remain confident about their businesses as they look to international sales to offset losses from the upcoming second national lockdown.

Online spend to overtake high street sales this year in first ever “truly digital Christmas”

Ecommerce Industry

Christmas Covid high street Office for National Statistics online shopping ONS ParcelHero

October 28, 2020

Ben Stevens

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Online spending is due to overtake physical store sales for the first time ever this Christmas rising to a “record-breaking” £39.17 billion. UK shoppers are expected to spend around £78…

Black Friday 2020 could see sales drop by nearly quarter as Amazon Prime Day creates a 10-week “mega peak”.

Black Friday 2020 could see 22% drop in sales after discount “mega peak” sparked by Amazon Prime Day

Delivery / Supply Chain Ecommerce Industry

2020 Amazon Prime Day Black Friday ParcelHero Wunderman Thompson

October 8, 2020

Ben Stevens

Black Friday 2020 could see sales drop by nearly a quarter as Amazon Prime Day creates a 10-week discount “mega peak”. Amazon’s long delayed Prime Day, due to take place…

Rishi Sunak has been called on to help struggling retailers this Christmas trading period by covering their delivery costs.

Online sales tax would force vulnerable shoppers to pay “a large chunk of the COVID-19 bill”

News

Amazon tax BRC British Retail Consortium Online Sales Tax ParcelHero Rishi Sunak

July 28, 2020

Ben Stevens

An ‘Amazon Tax’ in the UK would force vulnerable shoppers to “pick up a large chunk of the COVID-19 bill” according to industry experts. A nationwide online sales tax was…

Retailers are set to lose as a whopping £8 billion over the next month as the UK enters its second national lockdown.

5000 stores to be “drained of their last resources” due to two-week retail lock down extension

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Lock down ParcelHero Phase 2 reopening Retail

June 3, 2020

Ben Stevens

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Thousands of extra stores could be forced to close due to the two-week delay in opening up non-essential retail stores, according to new research. Ecommerce specialist ParcelHero warned that the…

Amazon UK’s placement on the US government’s ‘notorious markets List’ has been branded “insulting to UK retailers” and could have a significant impact on sales to the US in future.

Amazon UK’s addition to US ‘notorious markets list’ a “slap in the face” for British retailers

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Amazon Donald Trump Jeff Bezos Notorious Markets List ParcelHero Wall Street Journal

May 5, 2020

Ben Stevens

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Amazon UK’s placement on the US government’s ‘notorious markets List’ has been branded “insulting to UK retailers” and could have a significant impact on sales to the US in future.…

Non-essential online shopping is “no longer a sin” according to delivery specialist ParcelHero as big-name brands continue to reopen their ecommerce operations.

Non-essential online shopping “no longer a sin” says delivery giant

Delivery / Supply Chain Ecommerce Industry News

COVID 19 Delivery non-essential online shopping ParcelHero

April 16, 2020

Ben Stevens

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Non-essential online shopping is “no longer a sin” according to delivery specialist ParcelHero as big-name brands continue to reopen their ecommerce operations. ParcelHero’s head of consumer research David Jinks said…

Alibaba’s shares have divebombed more than eight per cent overnight after China blocked the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history from taking place.

Alibaba’s Singles Day made more than Black Friday in 1 hour, here’s what the experts say

Ecommerce Industry News

Alibaba Black Friday FutureBrand China ParcelHero Singles Day Wunderman Thompson Commerce

November 12, 2019

Ben Stevens

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This year’s Singles Day shopping event has now come to a close, once again blitzing records to see over $38 billion (£29.6 billion) sold across Alibaba’s platforms in 24-hours. The…

Smart speakers “still too dumb for most consumers” according to new research

Voice

Amazon Alexa David Jinks Google Home ParcelHero Voice shopping

July 31, 2019

Ben Stevens

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Smart speakers are “still too dumb for most consumers” according to new research which states there is little chance of voice shopping reaching its predicted revenues of $40 billion by…

Amazon Prime Day sales to hit $6.7bn this year thanks to “Twitch Sells Out” event

Companies Ecommerce News

Amazon David Jinks ParcelHero Prime Day Twitch

July 2, 2019

Ben Stevens

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Amazon’s video streaming platform for gamers Twitch will be transformed into a shopping channel during Prime Day, which is expected to top $6.7 billion in revenues this year. The retail…

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Lockdown Black Friday must be “halted in its tracks” to avoid delivery chaos and £1.3bn loss

Online spend to overtake high street sales this year in first ever “truly digital Christmas”

Black Friday 2020 could see 22% drop in sales after discount “mega peak” sparked by Amazon Prime Day

Online sales tax would force vulnerable shoppers to pay “a large chunk of the COVID-19 bill”

5000 stores to be “drained of their last resources” due to two-week retail lock down extension

Amazon UK’s addition to US ‘notorious markets list’ a “slap in the face” for British retailers

Non-essential online shopping “no longer a sin” says delivery giant

Alibaba’s Singles Day made more than Black Friday in 1 hour, here’s what the experts say

Smart speakers “still too dumb for most consumers” according to new research

Amazon Prime Day sales to hit $6.7bn this year thanks to “Twitch Sells Out” event

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