MetaPack has announced that Bleckmann will use MetaPack Delivery Management solutions across all of its European operations to support its growing international customer base.
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The retailer’s guide to Black Friday
Nov 24, 2015
By Fred Touchette, senior security analyst at AppRiver.
What started as a US marketing initiative is unarguably now a popular Christmas tradition – both in the US and UK too. Black Friday, the first Friday after Thanksgiving, is when historically bricks and mortar US retailers reduce prices in a bid to kick-start the gift buying season. Today it is no longer confined to just physical stores as online promotions have become the focus.
Amazon bringing new fulfilment centre to Rickenbacker Global Logistics Park
Nov 24, 2015
Online retail giant Amazon.com, Inc. has announced plans to build a one-million-square-foot fulfilment centre in the Rickenbacker Global Logistics Park, strengthening Rickenbacker Inland Port's growing reputation as the ideal location for businesses to move goods through the US and around the world.
Halloween props up pre-Christmas Retail Sales
Nov 24, 2015
The ONS October 2015 Retail Sales, released this morning, reveal growth in the sector for the 30th consecutive month. However, there could be delayed spending on the horizon as people wait for both Black Friday and Cyber Monday bargains.
Rise in e-commerce fuels soaring demand for sheds with €20billion of new warehouses needed
Nov 24, 2015
The soaring amount of goods bought over the internet is driving up the cost of warehouse and industrial property used by retailers and delivery firms to ship goods from factories to people's homes.
Transform or die, urges business leaders at trail-blazing event
Nov 24, 2015
Businesses need to be disruptive and embrace new technologies in order to survive, at a time when the average lifespan for a business is just 15 years. That was the overriding message from a number of business leaders at the inaugural Transform 2016 event, organised and delivered by international consultancy Columbus.