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Have you been ‘put on pause’ by Amazon?

1 Have you been ‘put on pause’ by Amazon?

By Tony Dobson, managing director, SnapFulfil.

In recent weeks Amazon has refocused its shipping efforts to essential items only - side-lining thousands of sellers who relied on the retail giant to fulfil and ship their orders.

Online retailers speed up delivery times to keep up with demand during COVID-19 lockdown

2 Online retailers speed up delivery times to keep up with demand during COVID-19 lockdown

Online retailers and their carriers are delivering parcels almost 20% faster than usual, with the average delivery time reducing from 2.1 days to 1.7 days in the last two weeks, according to new internal data released from post-purchase experts parcelLab.

PayPoint secures full ownership of Collect+ parcel service

3 PayPoint secures full ownership of Collect+ parcel service

PayPoint has announced a deal with Yodel to take full ownership of Collect+, the UK parcel network.

Two thirds of ‘Retail Winners’ identify real-time supply chain visibility as a strategic focus area

4 Two thirds of ‘Retail Winners’ identify real-time supply chain visibility as a strategic focus area

Symphony RetailAI, the provider of integrated AI-enabled marketing, merchandising and supply chain solutions for FMCG retailers and CPG manufacturers, has announced the findings of a new benchmark report, ‘The Retail Supply Chain: Designing New Ways to Satisfy Demand’.

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