Snow means last-minute orders will miss Xmas
With odds of 2/1 on a snowy Christmas in Edinburgh and Glasgow, the home delivery comparison site ParcelHero is warning last-minute orders could miss Christmas Day in the north of England and Scotland. The home delivery expert ParcelHero is warning that there’s no margin for error for last-minute online shoppers if more bad weather strikes […]
Supply Chain Organisation After Black Friday
November the 24th, 2014, otherwise known as Black Friday 2014 will be remembered by many retail and supply chain professionals. This was the year that chains like Asda saw riots over the bargain price of items such as TVs and a huge number of shoppers foregoing the chaos to shop online. Many retailers saw record […]
Disruption if Royal Mail Strike in Festive Period
The Communication Workers Union, or CWU has said that Royal Mail workers voted by 89.1% to take strike action in order to protest the changes that have been made to their pension scheme. In response to this ParcelHero has said that the timing of this vote to strike is at an incredibly inconvenient time and […]
ParcelHero Urges Age Verification e-commerce
ParcelHero has released a statement urging change to the way age verification is carried out. It still appears to be relatively easy for underage people to get access to restricted items through online purchases. Among those products are alcohol, nicotine products and knives, it has been calculated that thousands of under-age children have managed to […]
Planned Date for Britain Leaving the EU
With 2019 fast approaching, the planned date for Britain leaving the European Union, businesses are trying to establish safeguards and plans that will allow their companies to remain open. UK businesses are looking to protect themselves, but they are in the dark as to how this move to leave the EU will impact them. With […]
The Whole Truth about Amazon and Whole Foods
The e-commerce delivery expert ParcelHero say there’s a good reason why Amazon’s making the £10.7bn step into brick and mortar retail by purchasing Whole Foods Market: it could lead to a chain of cashier-less fresh food stores. Amazon is getting in to the fresh food act in a fresh new way; spending $13.7bn (£10.7bn) purchasing […]
