02/08/2016

The future is now. The advent of mobile commerce, once widely regarded as the ‘next generation’ of online retail, has picked up its pace, and thanks to a kick up the backside from game changers such as Apple Pay, ‘mCommerce’ is outgrowing E-Commerce to the tune of 300%. 2020 Predictions In an Intelligence Report undertaken by BI earlier this year, they predicted that by 2020, 45% of …

15/07/2016

Running a business is hard work. From the outset, there are a range of challenges laid down to trip you up each and every day, and a million hats to wear on an hour-to-hour basis. Outsourcing Fulfilment One hat you might consider shelving is fulfilment, as more and more businesses edge towards outsourcing their fulfilment needs to an expert firm specifically designed to deal with the challenges …

02/07/2016

It’s a bunfight out there. E-commerce is a fiercely competitive industry, with every man and his dog quite rightly setting up online to maximise their business’ potential. But what are the things you simply HAVE to include? Take a look at this handful of top tips to e-commerce excellence. Include a Search Box There’s nothing more frustrating for a customer than to not be able to find …

15/05/2014

Part 1 of this blog can be found here And how we became… Ogden Fulfilment? Diversification As part of a regular review of the financial and operational “strengths and weaknesses”,  we as a firm realised that the gross margin as a manufacturing business here in the Western world was being affected by the existence of cheaper labour economies elsewhere. We also realised that we could evolve to …

13/05/2014

The History of Ogden Fibres Five Generations Founded in the 1870’s as a wool trading company, Ogden Fibres Ltd based at Becks Mill, in Becks Road, Keighley became a synthetic fibre trader and manufacturer in the 1950’s, and now supplies nylon tops, tow and staple throughout the world. A joint venture in 1980 in Canada added the re-extrusion of nylon for polyamide compounding markets. Today, Ogden Fibres …

11/03/2014

Welcome to the brand new (and my first) blog for Ogden Fulfilment. Over the next few weeks I will write about the history of Ogden’s, to give you a little insight into the background of this much loved and historic company.  But first I will be writing about why we do what we do so well. Order fulfilment is becoming more and more important, especially with the …