Online shopping boosts van rental in Christmas run-up

Van operators turn to daily van rental to meet peak seasonal demand in online shopping.

Ralph Morton

Daily rental provides business flexibility to meet peak demand times

Daily van rental: helps meet delivery peaks

Van operators using daily rental to meet delivery peak

Van operators are using daily rental to meet season Christmas goods delivery demand, reports TLS.

Online shopping figures are showing a 15% increase in sales compared to 2008.

The Interactive Media in Retail Group Index reported that shoppers are expected to spend a total of £13.16 billion online in the UK during Quarter 4.

On the expected peak day – Monday, 08 December – £320 million should be spent online in 24 hours.

To meet this seasonal demand, business delivery companies are turning to van rental to meet the additional capacity.

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Ralph Morton is an award-winning journalist and the founder of Business Car Manager (now renamed Business Motoring). Ralph writes extensively about the car and van leasing industry as well as wider fleet and company car issues. A former editor of What Car?, Ralph is a vastly experienced writer and editor and has been writing about the automotive sector for over 35 years.

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