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European retailers should expand their e-commerce offering to Asia Pacific, which is cheaper and easier than many believe, retailers heard yesterday.
“Asia Pacific has very little focus for UK e-commerce,” said Justin Irvine, commercial director of SEKO Omni-Channel Logistics.
“The US is a mature market and Asia is starting to see shifts in buying behaviour.”
Speaking at The Delivery Conference in London, Mr Irvine added: “There is a misconception that Asia Pacific is a horrible delivery experience. That has changed in the past ...
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Vivian Simmons
February 04, 2018 at 11:09 amHaving read so much about e-commerce being the future blah blah blah…I am wondering, will e-commerce actually pick up due to propaganda or is it actually something of the future?
Personally I do not see people going frenzy about on-line shopping. There were and will be many first time buyers, like me, but it has frizzled off.
So what is all this gossip still going on about?
With buyers demanding Free delivery and fuel costs going up…where is the true link to make a successful e-commerce future?
Purely my inquisitiveness