ASOS same day service for Leeds University
ASOS is partnering with CollectPlus and On the dot, to provide a same-day delivery service to Leeds University campus.
ASOS is partnering with CollectPlus and On the dot, to provide a same-day delivery service to Leeds University campus.
Discounting in fashion retail cut average basket values at ASOS, driving up variable costs through both its distribution and warehouse cost lines, the e-tailer said in a trading statement for the first three months of its financial year.
Sales at online fashion retailer ASOS rose 26 per cent to £2.36 billion last year as the company started to reap the benefits of its investment in its fulfilment facilities internationally.
Online fashion retailer is investing in a KNAPP pocket sorter at its Berlin distribution centre.
Doddle, has launched a Facebook chatbot using artificial intelligence (AI) to ask customers for one or more pieces of data related to their return (a 30 second interaction) that also reduces the time a customer needs to spend in-store handing over the parcel to seconds.
ASOS is accelerating its investment in distribution and logistics to create the capacity to reach £4 billion of net sales, chief executive Nick Beighton said as the company unveiled a 27 per cent increase in first half sales.
Returns are a core part of the online retail proposition giving customers to the confidence to buy goods unseen. The trouble is that processing returns is expensive, and a new study suggests that increasing levels of returns are hitting margins.
Offering same day delivery helped ASOS boost sales in the UK by 23 per cent in the four months to 31st December, the company said in a trading statement.
Asda has installed an automated parcel dispenser for online orders at its Trafford Park store in Manchester.
Marks and Spencer has chosen Clipper Logistics to take a key role in the retailer’s returns management operation.