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Peak season 2021: Advice for retailers preparing for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the Festive Season

Peak season: Advice for retailers preparing for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the Festive Season Peak season 2021 is upon us. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are around the corner, arriving on the 26th and 29th November respectively, and the run-up to Christmas and the peak festive season following right behind. However, this vital period […]

#StreamTeam Customer Service Delivery & Logistics Management Posted by Zoe on October 26, 2021.

How online retailers are implementing technology to keep up with growing eCommerce demand

How has consumer behaviour shifted since the start of the pandemic? Even before the pandemic hit, demand for eCommerce was rising steadily. 2020/21’s lockdowns, quarantines and the closing of ‘non-essential’ high-street stores have been the catalyst for exponential growth in online retail. Customer expectations have risen, alongside the demand for eCommerce. Online retailers now operate […]

Customer Service Delivery & Logistics Management Integrate with Stream Posted by Zoe on October 19, 2021.

V5C Vehicle Logbook – Top 5 Unusual Reasons for Ordering a Replacement

We’ve all heard the age-old common excuses of ‘the dog ate my homework’, ‘I can’t get out because of the snow’ and ‘I’ve got one of those 24-hour bugs’’, but when it comes to ordering a replacement V5C document, UK citizens have been pulling out some particularly unique excuses. The V5C, sometimes referred to as […]

Fleet & Compliance Management Posted by Rob Spivey on October 5, 2021.

TradeGecko (Quickbooks Commerce) Alternatives

With the news that Intuit is sunsetting TradeGecko/QuickBooks Commerce, you may have found yourself amongst the businesses searching for an alternative to Quickbooks Commerce and TradeGecko. TradeGecko, QuickBooks’ Commerce standalone product, will be retired on 10th June 2022. Product support for existing customers will also cease on this date. So, what’s an online retailer to […]

Integrate with Stream Posted by Zoe on September 28, 2021.

Why connecting your business systems with Stream is a good idea

Why use integrations with your TMS system? There are many reasons to integrate and connect your back office systems. Increase productivity. Reduce wasted time and resources of carrying out manual processes and data entry. Improving accuracy. Eliminating data / process / resource silos. Helping your business to scale. The list goes on. Throughout our journey, […]

Integrate with Stream Posted by Zoe on September 7, 2021.

Is Your Vehicle Load Secure?

We’ve all seen the scene in Final Destination 2: A log slips off the back of a moving truck – and straight through the windscreen into the driver of the car behind. While most unsecured loads don’t end quite so dramatically, objects falling from moving HGVs (Heavy Goods Vehicles) are a real problem on the […]

Fleet & Compliance Management Posted by Zoe on August 18, 2021.

2050 Vision: What’s in the future for the UK’s transport sector – and how can we get there?

The UK’s transport sector is going through a period of rapid change. Net-zero targets, changing consumer habits, and increased automation, digitisation & connectivity, all bring challenges and opportunities across the sector. Innovate UK, which is the United Kingdom’s innovation agency, has this month launched a new report UK Transport Vision 2050, which looks at the […]

Delivery & Logistics Management Electric Vehicles & Sustainability Posted by Zoe on .

The #StreamTeam 2020 cohort: 1 year on

We recently spoke with the #StreamTeam 2021 cohort of developers who are all looking forward to getting started with further development of Stream and supporting our continued growth. So, where will they be in a years’ time? To find out, we caught up with the 2020 cohort to learn how they’ve enjoyed their first year […]

#StreamTeam Posted by Zoe on August 16, 2021.

Bringing Advanced Vehicle Tracking & AI-Powered Fleet Management to Stream with TN360

Bring advanced vehicle tracking, fleet management & telematics data into Stream through TN360 We’ve worked in partnership with Teletrac Navman for a number of years now. Initially, we integrated with Teletrac Navman’s DIRECTOR product to bring key telematics data into Stream so it could be seen natively within our TMS software. Now, we’re delighted to […]

Fleet & Compliance Management Integrate with Stream Posted by Zoe on August 11, 2021.

The Retail Expectation Gap Report: 47% of retailers lose customers due to missed or delayed deliveries

A recent report by Brightpearl, in association with Parcelhub, has highlighted some insightful figures for the retail industry when it comes to understanding what customers want. The Retail Expectation Gap report, looks at whether the things that customers have come to expect, and what retailers have to offer, matches up, to uncover the expectation gap […]

Customer Service Posted by Rob Spivey on August 5, 2021.

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