http://www.parcel2go.com Parcel2Go.com News Feed en-US Small businesses and charities will be able to use the Royal Mail's database of the 28 million postcodes which it has compiled free of charge from next month. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/access-to-royal-mail-postcode-database-to-be-widened-8895 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:46:00 GMT 8895 Groups of Facebook friends can now attach an Amazon.com gift card to birthday messages they exchange via the social media site. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/new-amazon-birthday-gift-service-ties-in-with-facebook-8894 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:44:00 GMT 8894 Related to our previous story, a new selling fees calculator has been launched to help take some of the sting out of sellers finding out how much they will be charged by eBay and Amazon when they clinch a sale. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/esellers-get-new-calculator-to-work-out-their-fees-8887 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:54:00 GMT 8887 A new version of its shipping calculator went live on eBay.com yesterday. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/ebaycom-updates-shipping-service-calculator-8886 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:52:00 GMT 8886 Shoppers in the UK want Amazon to shake up the country's retailing scene by opening stores on various high streets. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/british-shoppers-want-amazon-on-their-high-streets-8879 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:01:00 GMT 8879 The regulating body for postal services in the UK has accepted new safeguards for all postboxes in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/ofcom-adopts-new-postbox-protection-measures-8878 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:13:00 GMT 8878 Ahead of plans to roll out its own e-store, budget high street fashion retailer Primark has teamed up with established online clothes seller ASOS to sell a very limited range of its women's clothes. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/primark-and-asos-announce-trial-online-collaboration-8869 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:46:00 GMT 8869 Royal Mail is preparing for life after privatisation, with reports suggesting it will begin a seven-days-a-week delivery operation. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/royal-mail-plans-sevenday-deliveries-after-selloff-8868 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:32:00 GMT 8868 eBay has today launched the latest of its regular promotions aimed at persuading private sellers to put their unwanted goods up for sale on the site. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/ebay-makes-one-day-only-free-auction-listing-offer-8862 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:34:00 GMT 8862 As part of a government campaign to get more people online, post offices will give people a list of handy local community facilities with internet access. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/post-office-to-encourage-disconnected-to-get-online-8861 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:39:00 GMT 8861 A focus on developing country-specific websites and price cuts helped online clothing retailer Asos boost its sales by 45 per cent in the three months to the end of May. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/asos-sales-surge-45pc-after-focus-on-global-business-8860 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:33:00 GMT 8860 eBay users will have greater control over what they see on their front page when they visit the site as a new-look homepage is rolled out throughout Europe. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/new-ebay-home-page-design-focuses-on-personalisation-8854 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:43:00 GMT 8854 Amazon has just officially begun operating online in India – but its fledgling website is far less comprehensive than that offered in many other countries. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/amazon-opens-new-horizons-in-india-8848 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:37:00 GMT 8848 Local government representatives in London have unanimously asked the city's Mayor to raise their concern over planned post office closures with the national government. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/london-post-office-change-protests-to-go-national-8845 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:37:00 GMT 8845 It might be something to do with the uncertainty of getting actual sunshine in a British summer, but eBay has reported that swimsuit sales are far surpassing those of two-piece bikinis. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/summer-swimwear-sales-show-women-prefer-to-cover-up-8840 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:21:00 GMT 8840 They used to be very common on British roads – but today, the humble Morris Minor is considered a collector's piece. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/former-1960s-morris-minor-police-car-goes-on-ebay-8839 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:13:00 GMT 8839 Amazon has taken another step aimed at dominating the e-books market, by acquiring social book recommendations site Goodreads. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/amazon-buys-social-book-reviews-site-8831 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:00:00 GMT 8831 eBay is to introduce a new-style invoice for its UK sellers, giving more detail about the fees, discounts and credits which have been applied. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/uk-ebay-sellers-to-get-more-informative-invoices-8829 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:23:00 GMT 8829 UK-based parcel delivery company CollectPlus has added a new, two-day delivery option, and has made this new service its standard offering. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/collectplus-offers-speedier-delivery-as-standard-8825 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:32:00 GMT 8825 A new law designed to level the playing field between online and offline retailers across America could open up the country's hugely lucrative online sales market to more foreign entrants. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/us-etailers-fear-sales-tax-will-aid-overseas-rivals-8824 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:29:00 GMT 8824 The momentum driving the growth in e-commerce can be likened to a series of waves, all of which create their own force, but which, when combined, prove that online retail is a highly sophisticated and complex business. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/ecommerce-boss-sees-trade-growing-in-waves-8820 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:04:00 GMT 8820 A new type of daily deals site aimed specifically at traders looking for stock to add to their online inventory at one-off prices has just been launched in the UK. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/new-daily-deals-site-targets-online-retailers-8819 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:00:00 GMT 8819 Tenants in local council housing should be able to take up their right to buy their home through eBay, a group of MPs has suggested. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/mps-float-idea-of-selling-council-houses-on-ebay-8812 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:11:00 GMT 8812 Royal Mail missed its target for the proportion of first class mail which it delivered on time during the 2012/13 financial year –but says that its figure of 92.4 per cent of letters delivered on the next working day was just short of its 93 per cent target. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/royal-mail-first-class-service-misses-benchmark-8810 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:40:00 GMT 8810 A refrigerator with space to store up to four bodies, and previously used at a mortuary in Manhattan, New York, is being sold on eBay. http://news.parcel2go.com/article/morgue-managers-put-fridge-up-for-sale-on-ebay-8801 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:48:00 GMT 8801