DELIVERY PRESS RELEASES

• 19 November 2009
  Sit-up Channels Awards Multi-Million Home Delivery Contract To Hermes
  sit-up channels, a leading TV home shopping retailer, has awarded a five-year multi-million pound contract to Hermes for the provision of home delivery services. Under the agreement, Hermes will handle the collection and delivery of products... ...more
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• 16 November 2009
  eBay Launches Autumn Edition Of Online Business Index
  eBay launched the Autumn edition of our quarterly Online Business Index, a major survey which tracks the attitudes and performance of hundreds of online businesses, many of which are small businesses. A full copy of the Online Business Index... ...more
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• 11 November 2009
  Plumbworld Taps Into Home Delivery Network Expertise
  Plumbworld - the UK’s largest online specialist bathroom retailer - has appointed Home Delivery Network (HDN) as its primary carrier. The move sees HDN take on 24-hour, Proof of Delivery (POD) and Saturday services for the company, which... ...more
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• 5 November 2009
  eCommerce Still Building Towards Christmas Peak, Despite Royal Mail Strike
  Fears that the Royal Mail strike might disrupt the eCommerce build up to Christmas seem unfounded. MetaPack, the company managing one in ten of all eCommerce deliveries, has reported strong growth in online sales over the past three months. ...more
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• 5 November 2009
  Salmon LLC, eCommerce Specialists, Make Sleepy’s Online Dreams A Reality With New Transactional Website
  Salmon LLC, specialists in delivering eCommerce solutions, today announce they have completed the development of a new transactional website for Sleepy’s - “The Mattress Professionals”, with over 700 stores in 11 states... ...more
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• 4 November 2009
  Halfords Despatches Direct throught MetaPack
  Retailers invest billions upon billions of pounds in stock that they do not need to hold in warehouses that they do not need to build, and in equipment that they do no need to procure. Why? Because they are working to customer service... ...more
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• 2 November 2009
  Online Retailers Worried About Royal Mail Strike Affecting Christmas Sales
  A survey of online retailers carried out by IMRG (Interactive Retail in Media Group) has found that 85% believe that the continued threat of postal strike action will discourage customers from placing orders with them for Christmas.... ...more
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• 30 October 2009
  Royal Mail Press Release: For Trade Associations
  For Trade Associations issued Thursday 29th October 2009 The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has chosen to call further national strike action this week, plus specific action affecting collections in many parts of London on Friday. We... ...more
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• 26 October 2009
  iForce Gains Investors in People Accreditation
  iForce is proud to announce it has gained Investors in People accreditation. This award endorses the large number of people-based initiatives and best practice now established in the UK’s leading multi-channel specialist logistics operator... ...more
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• 26 October 2009
  Royal Mail's Business Customers Find New Low-Cost Rivals Promise More
  IMRG's Andrew Starkey said retailers had found previously unavailable alternative services from companies such as Home Delivery Network (HDN), myHermes and Useyourlocal.com. "Royal Mail traditionally loses some business after strikes," he... ...more
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• 23 October 2009
  Are retailers providing cost-effective delivery choices?
  James Roper, chief executive of etail body IMRG, says: “A named half-day is a very hot idea for shoppers, and will appeal as long as there’s no big price tag. We don’t charge people to enter shops, so why should we charge to use a... ...more
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• 22 October 2009
  House of Fraser Signs £33.7 Million Multi-Channel Deal With DHL Integrated Solution Provides Platform For On-Line And High Street Growth
  DHL Supply Chain has announced a new £33.7 million (approx. 36 million Euros) multi-channel contract with House of Fraser until 2012. The new commercial agreement is an extension of the existing contract, with the added inclusion of the... ...more
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• 19 October 2009
  IMRG Press Release: Postal Strike - Significant Impact for Online Christmas IMRG Survey Reveals
  An IMRG survey of its retail members has revealed that 77% of them believe that strike action by the CWU may discourage consumers from shopping online in the run up to Christmas. IMRG’s Director of Operations, David Smith said “E-commerce... ...more
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• 16 October 2009
  Home Delivery Network Shakes Up Small Parcel Market With Roll-Out Of HDN Lite
  Home Delivery Network (HDN), the UK’s largest dedicated home delivery and collection company, is rolling out its sub-2kg parcel service – called HDN Lite - in direct competition to the Royal Mail’s second class mail. Whilst the Lite... ...more
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• 16 October 2009
  IMRG Press Release: Royal Mail Strike: Practical Advise For e-Retailers
  With the planned industrial action at Royal Mail, IMRG has created some practical advice for IMRG members. Clearly industrial action will impact all postal users and whether you are sending letters, documents, packets or parcels, you are... ...more
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• 14 October 2009
  MetaPack Provides Carrier Contingency For John Lewis During The Royal Mail Strike
  In a statement yesterday, John Lewis said that it would switch carriers during the strikes to avoid delays on its delivery services: "We have ensured that postal strikes don't affect our customers by switching the business to other carriers.... ...more
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• 9 October 2009
  IMRG Press Release: Royal Mail Strike
  IMRG regrets the announcement that Royal Mail postal workers have voted to take strike action over job security and working conditions again this year. However, we anticipate that this will actually prove to be less of a problem as the online... ...more
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• 6 October 2009
  Hermes Opens New National Hub To Deliver Service Benefit To Customers
  Hermes, the UK’s largest courier home delivery network, has opened a new national hub at Bermuda Park in Nuneaton in a move designed to deliver key service benefits to UK customers. The strategically-located 85,000 sq ft facility will enable... ...more
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• 2 October 2009
  Post Now For Xmas or Cards Won't Arrive
  James Roper, of web retailers’ group IMRG, said: “Even the threat of action is damaging. It is a great shame for the people of this country who benefit from the convenience of online shopping.” For the Full article from The Daily Express follow... ...more
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• 17 September 2009
  MetaPack Enables ASOS.com SameDay Delivery Service
  ASOS.com went live with their same day delivery service at the end of August. This was achieved through the use of MetaPack delivery management software and CitySprint’s SameDay Courier solution. ...more
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• 14 September 2009
  Home Delivery Network Expands Services Into Ireland
  Home Delivery Network (HDN), the UK’s largest dedicated home delivery and collection service, has announced a partnership with Fastway Couriers - the leading Irish courier company - to extend the network of services it already provides to UK... ...more
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• 11 September 2009
  Halfords Surpass One-Millionth “Reserve and Collect” Milestone
  Salmon, specialists in delivering eCommerce solutions and responsible for delivering Halfords.com “Reserve and Collect” proposition back in 2008, today announced that Halfords has officially reached their... ...more
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• 24 August 2009
  HDN Awarded Sainsbury's Home Delivery Contract
  Following an extensive review of the parcel delivery market Sainsbury’s has appointed Home Delivery Network (HDN) as its primary carrier of parcels to home in line with the launch of its non-food online business. The retailer will be... ...more
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• 24 August 2009
  Home Delivery Network Acquires G&M Distribution: Acquisition Extends HDN Network
  Home Delivery Network (HDN), the UK’s largest dedicated home delivery and collection service, has acquired G&M Distribution (G&M) for an undisclosed sum. Although under new ownership, the company will continue to operate under the same... ...more
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