IMRG MetaPack UK Delivery Index - December 2018

Reporting November 2018 Performance

The current malaise that is hitting the high street has now moved online with disappointing parcel order and delivery volumes in November
The mild weather that suppressed fashion sales in September and October contributed to a slow start to peak and a change of timing in Black Friday, bringing it ahead of the end of month pay day, plus weakened consumer confidence, produced only 1.5% volume growth for the entire month
The Black Friday weekend saw 15% volume growth and the pay day weekend may drive some volume into December so we may see some recovery
Year-on-year growth between 2017 and 2018 is running at 10.6% year-to-date compared with 13% back in July, such is the autumn slow-down
On-time performance did benefit from the lower than forecast volumes and less next day traffic gave delivery agents more time and capacity