Automation offers a route forward for hard-pressed e-fulfilment operations – particularly, when it comes to packaging processes. But how do you build in operational resilience? What are the secrets to maximising uptime? Will Carder, Automation Sales Engineer at Quadient provides the answers. The …
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No online sales tax is good news – for now
For online retailers what the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not announce in his Spring Budget statement was arguably more significant than anything that he did unveil, says Charlie Walker, marketing director of Walker Logistics. Internet retailers were handed a major boost when the Chancellor …
Tax, tariffs and port delays are prompting UK online retailers to switch storage to Europe
A growing number of British online retailers are seeking to ease the extra customs and tax administration and costs involved in trading with the EU by shifting stock from UK warehouses to storage facilities on the Continent. “The addition of VAT, customs duties, and in some cases tariffs, on …
Online retailers facing cardboard packaging ‘double whammy’ of longer lead times and higher prices
A growing number of internet retailers are struggling to fulfil orders as a result of a shortage of cardboard packaging brought about by the boom in online sales during the pandemic. Jo Bradley, Business Development Manager for packaging solutions at Quadient, warns that with some paper and sheet …
A packaging toy story
Constraints to business expansion, presented by manual packing, lead one international logistics business to invest in fast, fit-to-size automated packaging technology from Quadient. Established in 2015, Global Freight Management Hersden Ltd is a highly successful international logistics business. …
IMHX 2021 pivots to week-long digital event: IMHX Connect
This year’s International Materials Handling Exhibition (IMHX 2021) will be delivered as a virtual event with the physical show returning in September 2022. The show’s organisers, Informa Markets and the British Industrial Truck Association (BITA), described the decision to reposition IMHX 2021 …
Going Dutch: Walker Logistics announces partnership agreement with Amsterdam-based 3PL
Berkshire-based supply chain and order fulfilment specialist, Walker Logistics Ltd, has announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Dutch third party logistics services provider, RIF Europe. The deal will allow Walker to offer its clients the opportunity to hold stock and fulfil …
Online boom makes oversized packaging unsustainable
The pandemic has propelled ecommerce to new heights, making online retailers’ use of oversized, wasteful packaging unsustainable. By Jo Bradley, Business Development Manager for packaging solutions at Quadient. It is said that on average every man, woman and child in the UK receives 140 parcels a …
Walker Logistics announce 317 per cent Q4 throughput jump
Online fulfillment solutions specialist, Walker Logistics, experienced a 317 per cent year-on-year increase in the number of e-commerce orders picked, packed and dispatched at its 250,000 sq ft logistics hub in Berkshire during the fourth quarter of 2020. According to Charlie Walker, Walker …
