By Reuters Published November 27, 2025 British retailers have welcomed the government’s decision to start charging customs duties on low-value e-commerce parcels but said a March 2029 timeline is too late and risks making the country an international outlier. A Royal Mail worker pushes a trolley of parcels at the …
Read More »Allenton salon has ‘no regrets’ about opening in lockdown as day-one customers still return five years on
The owner of a beauty salon in Allenton has reflected on her journey five years after opening her salon in the height of lockdown. Monique Murphy, owner of Monique Hair & Beauty on Nightingale Road, said opening her salon has been “one of the best decisions she has ever made” …
Read More »Over a quarter of Britons now shopping online every week
The UK continues to prove its reputation as a ‘nation of omnishoppers’ with the proportion of Britons shopping online once a week rising from 22% in 2017 to 26% this year, according to research from Royal Mail Group. Archivo But consumers in the UK are not only spending more time …
Read More »Britain’s Royal Mail to launch shopfront on China’s Tmall global marketplace
Gepubliceerd 4 maart 2015 Royal Mail, the UK’s postal service, is expanding its reach outside the UK with a new shopfront on Alibaba’s Tmall Global e-marketplace. This will give British retailers and exporters a new opportunity to access the Chinese market. The shopfront, which will reach 302 million Chinese customers, …
Read More »UK post-Christmas returns are higher this year says parcel firm
Published January 3, 2025 As post-Christmas parcel returns ramp up, the numbers appear to be running higher than a year ago with the 2 January figure up 6.8% compared to the same day last year, home delivery specialist Parcelhero has said. Royal Mail It said around £1.51 billion worth of …
Read More »UK post-Christmas returns are higher this year says parcel firm
Published January 3, 2025 As post-Christmas parcel returns ramp up, the numbers appear to be running higher than a year ago with the 2 January figure up 6.8% compared to the same day last year, home delivery specialist Parcelhero has said. Royal Mail It said around £1.51 billion worth of …
Read More »Evri gets dubious accolade, tops list of UK’s worst courier firms
Published October 29, 2024 Coming top isn’t always good. Take parcel delivery firm Evri, which has again come in at number one when it comes to customer dissatisfaction. archiv More specifically, Evri customers are the most disgruntled with their experience of contacting customer services for help, according to an annual …
Read More »THG expands recycle:me scheme for cosmetics packaging
Published October 17, 2024 THG continues to evolve on the sustainability front. The digital consumer brands group has announced its expanded recycle:me, the consumer recycling scheme that targets hard-to-recycle beauty and cosmetic packaging, “allowing brand partners to offset new packaging waste fees”. The scheme offers partners “a truly collaborative approach” …
Read More »Lancome’s bestselling La Vie est Belle shoppers call ‘all-time favourite’ is now £19 off
Incarnated by Julia Roberts, La Vie est Belle is Lancôme’s bestselling fragrance for women. Described as a semi-linear, yet curiously moody perfume, it’s no surprise that many people have adopted it as their signature scent. And its price has just been slashed at Boots. It’s now £76, down from £95 …
Read More »Bride’s request for makeup artist to make her ‘different person’ breaks viewers’ hearts
TikTok viewers were left heartbroken after a makeup artist shared a video of an unnamed bride who asked to be transformed into someone else for her big day. Professional MUA Selena Marchand posted a video on the app, captioned with the bride’s ‘sad’ request, which has since racked up over …
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