WHITE PAPER: Real-time Transportation Visibility Platforms must do more. What’s next?
By Shippeo There have never been more supply chain management solutions available to organisations. Yet a recent PWC survey of executives shows that only 17% believe their supply chain technology investments have yielded expected benefits. For supply chains to thrive and be resilient in the complex, volatile and uncertain world we live in, transportation management […]
Building the business case for Satellite IoT
The Operational IoT market continues to expand as organisations across the world imagine an extraordinary range of opportunities to leverage sensor technology. Weather monitoring stations are transforming the efficiency and environmental performance of remote copper mines and helping farmers to safeguard crops and livestock in a changing climate. The shipping industry is improving cargo traceability […]
American online consumers have a craving for UK products
The US e-commerce market is the second largest in the world. Surpassed only by the Chinese, which underwent an almost improbable development in the last ten years. The Americans are keen and experienced online shoppers. According to the IPC* Cross-border E-commerce Shopper survey 2022, more than 50 percent of the US online audience shopped online […]
Retail logistics: The year that was, and preparing for the retail year ahead…
2022 continued to present an array of challenges for retail, logistics and supply chain professionals. Although Covid19-related restrictions were lifted, its challenges were replaced by the war in Ukraine and the subsequent knock-on-effects relating to it; including energy cost increases, a rise in inflation and cost-of-living, and sustainability concerns. Meaning, for many retailers agility has […]
Planning a Nordic Market entry or already have established Nordic e-commerce customers?
Buying products online is a long-established habit of most of the population in the Nordic countries. All of them, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway were out early when it came to building an internet infrastructure, also in thinly populated areas. So, Nordic consumers have been relatively mature in their behavior when it comes to e-commerce […]
OPINION: ‘Data-fication’ set to drive transformation in Transport and logistics
By Kirstie van Oerle, Partner, Netcompany As we look ahead to this year, it is from the position of continuous volatility that the past twelve months have brought. Transport and logistics companies, still in COVID recovery mode, face a raft of challenges as external factors combine to ensure that the road before us is anything […]
How retailers can improve sustainability and profitability in home delivery
Today, home delivery and sustainability are coming together in consumers’ minds. Descartes recently conducted a comprehensive study to help retailers understand not only how this convergence is changing consumer home delivery preferences; but also how retailers can take advantage of these evolving preferences to help themselves and the environment. The good news is that consumers […]
Green = Go: How the transport sector is innovating in the face of climate change
With national governments and transnational coalitions taking urgent action in the mission to conquer climate change, transformation in the transport sector is crucial to cut emissions and prepare for a more sustainable future. Here, touch technology innovator Zytronic considers some of the most exciting developments in the transport sector… Key findings: Transport is the […]
The top six eCommerce trends for 2023 and why businesses shouldn’t ignore them
There are over 60 million eCommerce users in the UK alone (Source: Statista), meaning the vast majority of UK residents now shop online. When a new generation of tech-savvy kids start shopping, the industry will only expand further, so it’s crucial that online retailers continue to innovate if they want to keep growing too. James […]
2023 will be the year that retailers get pragmatic… and that includes supply chains
By Melissa Minkow, Director, Retail Strategy at digital consultancy, CI&T 2022 saw a focus on data sharing and innovation for retail. However, with inflation continuing to soar and the cost-of-living crisis deepening, in 2023 the spotlight will be on the consumer and meeting their needs in the most pragmatic ways possible. Consumers will be spending their […]
