Online retail is set to drive half the UK’s parcel deliveries during the pre-Christmas peak within five years.
Recent research discovered that e-commerce firms sent significantly more packages during November and December last year – an impressive 15 per cent higher than the previous year.
The study revealed that e-tailers now account for 37 per cent of the total volume of items handled by UK courier services during the festive period, showing the importance of online shopping for the UK parcel industry.
Predictions have been made that if the current rate of growth is maintained, by the end of 2016 e-tailers could account for 50% of packages shipped in the last two months of the year.
The surge in internet shopping
The rise of online shopping has truly been spectacular, with the popularity and rise of tablet computers and smartphones contributing to the increase in online shopping.
E-commerce businesses are not the only ones profiting from the shift in the way we shop, but reliable courier services also.
So if online retailers and parcel delivery companies work together to provide a reliable service to consumers, then I am sure online shopping will continue to boom and boom.
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