Christmas shopping: 'Speed is the new battleground'

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By Gavin van Marle

02/12/2014

Complementing our analysis of Royal Mail today (although not intentionally, mind), the BBC reported that Amazon took 5.5m orders last Friday in the UK, with the American “Black Friday” import now an established date of the UK retails calendar. The Loadstar has covered the retailer-to-consumer e-commerce supply chain quite extensively, but this is a fine place to start for anyone who needs to acquaint themselves from scratch.

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