logistics

6 ways to prepare for peak – whatever your industry

Published on: October 31, 2019
Author: Pauline Ashenden - Marketing Manager

Retailers need no reminding that we’re coming up to their busiest time of the year. Being able to cope with demand and deliver the experience that customers expect is central to remaining competitive and delivering the right experience, cost-effectively, means focusing on these 6 areas...

5 customer experience lessons from the 2015 Holiday Shopping season

Published on: January 08, 2016
Author: Robin Tandon - Senior Product Marketing Director

While the peak season for retailers isn’t yet over, many companies are already taking stock and looking at their performance, as well as studying the wider trends that emerged in the run up to Christmas 2015.The positive news is that overall spending in the US was up by nearly 8%, according to figures from MasterCard. However, not every retailer will have felt the benefit...

Customer service and Christmas deliveries

Published on: December 19, 2014
Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager

For many people, online is becoming the default channel for buying Christmas presents, with trips to the High Street relegated to either window shopping for ideas, top up purchases or to pick up Click and Collect orders. Consumer research from Metapack found that 22% of UK respondents planned to do almost all their Christmas shopping online, rising to 29% among the 35 to 44-year-old age group. 85%...

4 ways customer service can make Mother’s Day special

Published on: March 28, 2014
Author: Pauline Ashenden - Demand Generation Manager

Over the years the importance of celebrating Mother’s Day has grown, and it is now one of the busiest periods for sending flowers outside Valentine’s Day. Britons spend an average of £12 each on gifts for their mothers, although research shows that this rises to £53 in Liverpool.However, there is one major difference with other celebrations such as Christmas. Mother’s...

The last mile – where the retail battle is won or lost

Published on: December 20, 2013
Author: Lloyd Buxton - Business Development

By the time you read this most people will have completed the bulk of their Christmas shopping, particularly anyone buying presents online. And the latest figures show that more and more consumers are now purchasing on the Internet. Online sales are still climbing – hitting £10.1 billion in November 2013, according to the IMRG Cap Gemini e-Retail Sales Index, up 10% on 2012.There are a...

Extending retail customer service

Published on: April 03, 2013
Author: Epticablog

The retail landscape is now extremely complex. In an omnichannel world companies need to provide excellent, consistent customer service across a growing range of channels. However retailers don’t always have 100% control of every part of their operations. Logistics are outsourced to courier companies, contact centres can be run by third party providers and the infrastructure behind some new ...