England 23/07/2013 – Recent Ernst and Young figures show an increase in consumer spending across the board.
Naturally, this is very good news for UK companies, especially for those that provide fulfilment services. This is because, people in the UK, are buying more and more products that need to be delivered by post. They are increasingly buying online or buying from catalogues rather than going to a High Street store, selecting their purchase and taking it home. For firms that provide fulfilment services, in particular those targeted at e-commerce companies, this is extremely good news. Some firms are experiencing growth of 30% a year.
The fulfilment services industry has been an amazing success. When third-party order fulfilment services were first introduced to the UK, many were extremely sceptical about the business model. Some in the distribution sector predicted that firms would simply not feel comfortable handing over the responsibility of the delivery of goods to their customers to a third party. In reality, it did take long before companies had the confidence to do so. Today, the vast majority of firms use fulfilment services in some form or another.
Fulfilment services are helping the UK economy to grow
In fact, without this kind of distribution service many of today’s UK firms simply would not have been able to get off the ground. The cost of running their own distribution centre would have simply been prohibitive and made many start-ups financially unviable.
Increasingly, the UK is turning into a nation of entrepreneurs. Since the economic downturn began in 2008 literally, hundreds of thousands of people have started their own businesses. Many of these are small-scale retailers who sell exclusively online. Without the help of providers of fulfilment services like 3P Logistics, they simply would not have been able to get a toehold in the market. However, not just small businesses rely on fulfilment services to grow their business. Increasingly large nationals are using these services to give them the flexibility they need to deal with the peaks and troughs. Many agree that good quality third party fulfilment services are essential for growth.
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3P Logistics Limited
Albion Park, Warrington Rd
Glazebury, Warrington
Cheshire, UK
Zip: WA3 5PG
Tel: 0844 871 2011
Email: Online form
Web: http://www.3p-logistics.co.uk