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Sustainable grocery delivery in the UK
There are many ways to shop for groceries. Research in the United Kingdom shows the most sustainable way to do this is by ordering online and have your food products...
March 16, 2020
How a 5000-Year Old Product Can Help Solve Today's Plastic Waste Crisis
An immense mass of plastic hidden within the packaging supply chain plays a pivotal role in the global plastic waste crisis. This plastic contributes to irreversible environmental damage that future...
March 13, 2020
Allegro: €230 million investment in logistics and IT
Polish retailer and marketplace Allegro invests around €230 million (PLN 1 billion) in its ecosystem, reports Internet Retailing. The investment particularly focuses on logistics and IT, as it seeks to...
March 4, 2020
DPD: 1.3 billion parcels delivered in 2019
DPD released its 2019 results. It generated total revenue of €7.8 billion, an increase of 6.7% compared to 2018. During the year, a total of 1.3 billion parcels were delivered...
March 3, 2020
Zalando opens its third warehouse in Poland
German fashion platform Zalando has opened its third fulfilment centre in Poland. The new logistics location is meant to serve all of the online fashion platform's markets. In total, Zalando...
February 26, 2020
PostNord: 10% B2C volume increase in 2019
Swedish logistics group PostNord sees its growth continue, driven by e-commerce. In the final quarter of 2019, it delivered more than 50 million parcels. Compared to 2018, B2C volumes increased...
February 6, 2020
Improving data quality is key to reduce returns in 2020
Returns are a bit like death and taxes – there’s no chance of avoiding them. While they occur due to a multitude of factors, many outside the retailer’s control, there...
February 4, 2020
Bol.com introduces new delivery service
Dutch marketplace bol.com introduces a new delivery service in 2020. The model, called 'Verzenden via bol.com' (Shipping via bol.com) makes next-day delivery available to all partners. The marketplace platform will...
January 31, 2020
Royal Mail adds extra 87 electric vehicles to London fleet
English last-mile delivery servicer provider Royal Mail adds another 87 electric vehicles to its fleet in London. Alongside, it improves its new charging infrastructure to one of its largest London...
January 31, 2020
Salesupply opens a new fulfilment location in Poland
Salesupply has opened a new fulfilment location in Poland. The new location in Zielona Góra, on the western border of the country, offers considerable strategic advantages for cross-border retailers. These...
January 28, 2020
Air & Ground World Transport and SEKO Logistics partner to create cross-border opportunities
Air & Ground World Transport (AGWorld) and SEKO Logistics from a partnership and aim to give clients in the United States and Asia broader cross-border growth and supply chain opportunities....
January 28, 2020
UPS launches e-commerce plug-ins to benefit small businesses
UPS announced that it offers free e-commerce plug-ins to make UPS-tools and services seamlessly available within four popular e-commerce platforms: WooCommerce, PrestaShop, OpenCart and Magento. This offering is part of the recently...
January 27, 2020
MoneySavingExpert poll: UK Delivery firms ranked
Every year, MoneySavingExpert.com runs a survey asking consumers to rank delivery firms based on their experiences during the year. In 2019, a total of 9500 respondents were questioned to rate...
January 20, 2020
SEKO Logistics aquires cross-border e-commerce specialists, Air-City, Inc.
SEKO Logistics completed its largest-ever acquisition with the purchase of New York-based freight forwarder and cross-border e-commerce experts, Air-City, Inc. The investment represents the latest phase of SEKO’s program to expand...
January 13, 2020
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Chiquelle launches new warehouse in the Netherlands
In the final days of 2019, Swedish fashion brand Chiquelle already announced that the company will relocate its warehouse in Europe. The move, from Stockholm, Sweden, to the Netherlands is...
January 10, 2020
Amazon start collecting VAT in more European countries
Residents of Armenia, Norway and Switzerland are charged VAT by Amazon from the 1st of January 2020, reports Tamebay. This is due to regulation changes in these countries. When non-resident...
January 8, 2020
UPS expands worldwide express shipping services
UPS announced expansion across 40 countries of its Worldwide Express and Express Plus services. These are part of the UPS international suite of shipping services. Its express services are now available to businesses across 140 countries and territories,...
December 18, 2019
Amazon.com to open new distribution center in Northeastern Brazil in 2020
American marketplace giant Amazon says it will open a new distribution centre in Brazil. It will be located in the northeastern state of Pernambuco. The new warehouse is the second...
December 16, 2019
German Delivery Hero orders up South Korea's Woowa
Forming a new joint venture, Germany's Delivery Hero agreed to buy Sout Korea's top food delivery app operator Woowa Brothers. It will cost $4 billion and is meant to take...
December 13, 2019
Superdry turns to ZigZag Global to manage ‘Peak’ Returns
British fashion brand Superdry has launched on ZigZag Global’s returns solution to handle all its e-commerce returns ahead of the expected surge in sales in the holiday period. Operating through...
December 3, 2019
DHL Express invests €123 million at Cologne-Bonn Airport
DHL Express has opened its new, environmentally friendly logistics centre at the Cologne-Bonn Airport. The new 15,000 m² hub features cutting edge sorting technology and an innovative system to heat...
November 27, 2019
2000 new parcel lockers in Denmark
In Denmark, PostNord and Swipbox start with the rollout of an extra 2,000 parcel lockers across the Scandinavian country. Over the next six months, the Nærboks lockers will be installed,...
November 18, 2019
87 billion e-commerce shipments in 2018
Globally, the parcel volume reached 87 billion in 2018. This is up from 74 billion shipments in the previous year and this highest score since Pitney Bowes started its Shipping...
October 29, 2019
Doorstep parcel thefts in UK rise 22% over three years
According to research by iParcelBox, doorstep parcel thefts of e-commerce parcels in the United Kingdom are up 22% in a three year period. Using a freedom of information request the logistic...
October 21, 2019
DHL opens largest e-commerce sorting center for the Benelux
DHL Parcel has opened a new e-commerce sorting centre in Zaltbommel, the Netherlands. According to the logistic service provider, it is the largest and greenest package sorting center of the...
October 18, 2019
EU request ending of German VAT Certificate
On October 14th, the European Commission (EC) sent a formal notice to Germany, to withdraw its recently installed German VAT certificate requirement for EU and non-EU sellers on marketplaces.  Via...
October 15, 2019
Only 19% of Dutch consumers are willing to pay for a sustainable delivery option
Research by Multiscope and Trusted Shops concluded that only 19% of Dutch consumers are willing to pay for sustainable delivery options. While it may indicate that Dutch consumers are more...
September 30, 2019
ShipSupport.com offers 1 million maritime products to customers
In collaboration with 40 suppliers, B2B maritime e-commerce platform ShipSupport.com reached the milestone of 1 million offered products. The platform, which was launched in November 2018, is one of the...
September 26, 2019
French FM Logistic expands in south Russia
FM Logistics, a French founded company, expands its logistics activities to the south of Russia. Here, it has opened a 35,000m2 warehouse near the city of Rostov-on-Don. The new warehouse...
September 24, 2019
Zalando delivers same-day for adidas.fr
In Paris, Zalando and adidas are running a test on how to efficiently steer logistics capacity. During the pilot phase, Zalando delivers goods on the same or next day from its...
September 3, 2019
500 DHL Packstations at Lidl stores
Last-mile logistics provider DHL Group and Lidl have started a partnership to make shopping more convenient. As a part of this deal, about 500 DHL Packstations will be built at...
July 15, 2019
Shipping size matters
Delivery and return shipping rates differ across industries. Sellers in jewellery, electronics and the medical/Rx industries ship smaller packages than the industries that sell products like books, food/grocery. The differences...
July 9, 2019
Pitney Bowes and ReBOUND link networks to speed and simplify international returns for global retailers
Pitney Bowes, a global technology company that provides commerce solutions in the areas of shipping and mailing, data, and e-commerce, partnered with returns specialists ReBOUND, which is located in the...
July 4, 2019
UPS opens tech-driven Dutch superhub
Logistic service provider UPS opened an automated package sorting and delivery facility in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The hub facilitates cross-border trade while it enhances package delivery service for small and...
July 3, 2019
Shopify opens its own fulfillment network
 Shopify has closed deals and signed contracts with warehouses and logistics service providers spread across the US to receive storage space and processing capacities. The internet company is opening its...
July 2, 2019
Australia Post and NAB are launching a new identity security venture
Alongside with the National Australia Bank, Australia Post has confirmed to be working on a new digital identity and fraud protection business, in order to reduce online fraud. Between these...
July 1, 2019
Walmart is testing self-driving delivery
According to Bloomberg, in order to lower their shipping costs before the actual delivery to a customer takes place, Walmart is introducing robot-driven vans. The market of using driverless vehicles...
June 24, 2019
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FedEx starts delivering 7-days a week
FedEx has announced to start a 7-day a week delivery-service in order to meet the online e-commerce customer and retailer’s demands.  By the year 2020, residential deliveries on a Sunday...
June 13, 2019
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DHL predicts supply chain disruptions with weather data
The cloud-based risk management provider DHL Resilience 360 helps DHL to prevent disruptions in the supply chain, using its weather tracking data. DHL Resilience 360 helps other companies avert disruptions...
June 13, 2019
Zalando starts pilot with reusable packaging
Zalando is planning a pilot for reusable packaging. The goal of this is to make the shipping of its packages even more sustainable. The customer can return the packaging (e.g....
May 31, 2019
Preferred e-commerce customer delivery options
Research including a survey of more than 1000 participants reveals the delivery expectations of North American consumers. Participants include consumers from the United States and Canada, of all ages. The...
May 28, 2019
Amazon pays employees to quit their job and start a business
A new business opportunity has been announced by Amazon for its employees if they have enough savings to start their own company. They are offered 10,000 dollars and an amount...
May 28, 2019
Migros launches click and collect service with Swiss Post
Supermarket giant Migros has made it possible for its customers to collect webshop orders in their shops across Switzerland. This new service is available due to a partnership between the...
May 17, 2019
Amazon one-day delivery used by 72% of US consumers
Amazon one-day delivery already sees shipments to the majority of US consumers - 72% of consumers, to be exact.  This was found in a new report by RBC Capital Markets....
May 16, 2019
Returns in Europe increase with 8%
Europe counts an increase of 8% in the number of returns this year when comparing it to the same period as last year. Simultaneously, free shipping has also risen by...
May 14, 2019
Zalando to charge money for delivery
Following a recent decision by H&M to limit free shipping, Zalando will now no longer ship ordered products for free as a standard. In Spain, Ireland and the United Kingdom,...
May 2, 2019
DPD and EAV develop e-cargo bike for parcel delivery
Parcel delivery group DPD has partnered with Electric Assisted Vehicles (EAV) to develop a lightweight pedal-assisted, four-wheel e-cargo bike. EAV makes composite parts for the aviation sector and race car...
April 29, 2019
27% of top UK retailers do not communicate during delivery
Recently published research by ParcelLab shows that the largest online retailers in the United Kingdom are not actively communicating with shoppers during the delivery period. Only four of the 100...
April 26, 2019
Italy targets Amazon Italia over abuse of market position
The competition authority in Italy announced that they will start an investigation. It is regarding Amazon Italia’s dominance abuse in the e-commerce logistics industry. The company is now facing a globally...
April 25, 2019
Top 30 UK Logistics Service Providers 2019
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) has recently published the 'Top 30 UK Logistics Service Providers 2019' report. This report contains a list of the top 30 logistics...
April 18, 2019
Wing starts with world's first drone delivery service
The delivery of packages using drones starts this week in Australia. Wing, a subsidiary of Alphabet, is going to deliver medicines, coffee and small food orders in the capital city...
April 15, 2019
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