
Starting early for Christmas
As retailers juggle peak demand with the constraints of the pandemic, can our logistics operations hold up?
Amazon Prime Day has become a go-to date in the calendar for retailers. For Amazon, it’s one of its peaks – heavily discounting to get its army of loyal fans to hit the buy button over and over. For other retailers, it’s a possible catch-22. Do they keep prices the same, or slash them too to try to rival the online behemoth?
What is for sure is that this year’s Prime Day is like no other. Firstly, it’s delayed after the pandemic’s effects. Second, will it actually be successful? For the first time in a while, Amazon is fighting possible belt tightening. Whilst some have money to spend with no commute, others have seen salary cuts, furlough and mortgage holidays, meaning the customer base will be split. Plus, from an operational point of view, will Amazon’s supply chains hold up? Warehousing was tight before the pandemic, now it’s at a critical level. Amazon was not able to manage demand when the pandemic started, now, does it really have the infrastructure in place to manage a surge in demand – or more to the point, do its suppliers?
As retailers juggle peak demand with the constraints of the pandemic, can our logistics operations hold up?
Naveo Commerce and Strategix announce partnership to introduce the Naveo Commerce Online Grocery platform to the Polish grocery market.
Today marks a pivotal moment for the company. Backed by Black Dragon Capital, we are delighted to announce that Naveo Commerce has launched as a new company, following the merger of operations between Digital Goodie and Maginus.