December is the busiest month of the year for retailers, and most of you will have sourced all of your Christmas stock before the month begins. But not everyone plans ahead, and in the current economic climate, many retailers may be holding off on placing large orders until they see how early sales go.

Back in the days when we used Royal mail for our deliveries, this might have been a problem, as they are notoriously slow over the Christmas period, making the delivery times of orders unpredictable. This year however, we do not foresee any such problems. We’ve been using DHL very successfully for many months now, and we expect December delivery times to be the same as previous months.

Over 90% of orders delivered to UK mainland addresses arrive the day after they are shipped, and we see this continuing over the coming busy weeks.