Labelmaster, the provider of products, services and technology for the safe and compliant transport of dangerous goods (DG) and hazardous materials (hazmat), has announced the results of its fifth annual 2020 Global Dangerous Goods Confidence Outlook.
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RSSThe last mile of logistics: Will we soon be getting parcels from a robot courier?
Jul 29, 2020
CEP service providers face major challenges. Firstly, they have to cope with the high volume of orders, which – driven by e-commerce – is constantly increasing.
Blue Yonder acquires Yantriks to deliver dynamic commerce
Jul 28, 2020
Blue Yonder has acquired Yantriks, a SaaS provider of commerce and fulfilment microservices.
Planned changes to VAT will result in higher costs and less choice for online shoppers, warns ParcelHero
Jul 28, 2020
UK shoppers should make the most of international marketplace bargains on Amazon Prime Day on 5 October, says ParcelHero. A new Government policy paper deals a double-whammy to overseas purchases from 1 January: post-Brexit Brits will pay 20% VAT on all international online purchases while overseas sellers will have to register for UK VAT.
Retail sales claw back to normal levels, but ParcelHero warns stores not to celebrate yet: 31.8% of those sales were made online
Jul 28, 2020
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) retail sales figures for June showed sales soared by over 13% compared to May, to reach near-normal levels. Indeed, with fuel sales excluded, they actually beat June 2019’s figures by 1.5%.
Combatting empty shelf syndrome: Keeping grocery shelves stocked in the midst of crisis
Jul 27, 2020
Businesses across every industry have faced unparalleled disruption to their operations as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In the retail sector, we saw shelves across the globe being repeatedly stripped bare during the early days of the crisis, as supply chains that simply weren’t geared-up to deal with such sudden and dramatic changes in buying behaviour struggled to keep up during the first stages of the crisis.
inconso and Zalando continue their collaboration
Jul 27, 2020
Logistics software specialist inconso supports fashion retailer Zalando in controlling logistics automation components with inconsoWCS.
Global outdoor clothing brand Woolrich picks Fluent Commerce to drive omnichannel delivery
Jul 22, 2020
American outdoor clothing brand Woolrich has chosen Fluent Commerce, the global distributed order management platform to boost its capability in Europe to fulfil itsecommerce orders in the most convenient way for the customer and most efficient for Woolrich.
Drop ship: a new strategic weapon for retailers and brands
Jul 22, 2020
Retailers can utilise drop shipping (the shipment of goods from a manufacturer or wholesaler, directly to a customer on behalf of the retailer) as a strategic weapon against short-term shock waves such as COVID-19 and as a means of more permanently extending their digital business.
Gift card industry launches campaign to drive £2.3 billion high street recovery
Jul 21, 2020
The gift card and voucher industry, led by the Gift Card & Voucher Association (GCVA), has urged the government to raise the tax free gift card limit to £500, which could bring the high street an estimated spending boost of more than £2 billion*.
