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title: E-Commerce & Fulfilment Blog | byrd
description: The e-commerce and logistics blog provides helpful advice for online retailers to help them stay up-to-date and expand their e-commerce businesses.
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# E-Commerce & Fulfilment Blog

 Know-how on logistics & ecommerce for your business success

- [Alle](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb)
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## [How Online Retailers Can Thrive in the UK E-Commerce Landscape](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/success-without-amazon-fba)

[![How Online Retailers Can Thrive in the UK E-Commerce Landscape](https://blog.getbyrd.com/hubfs/amazon%20alternatives%20(1).png)](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/success-without-amazon-fba)

[Fulfillment ﹠logistics](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/fulfillment-logistics) [e-commerce](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/e-commerce)

[Let's not beat about the bush. Amazon is the undisputed leader in e-commerce, and that's unlikely to change anytime soon. Nevertheless, independent online retailers are gaining momentum and can now...](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/success-without-amazon-fba)

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## [Inventory ageing: the early-warning system for your stock](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/inventory-ageing-stock-age-byrdai)

[![Inventory ageing: the early-warning system for your stock](https://blog.getbyrd.com/hubfs/Inventory%20Aging%20byrdAI.png)](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/inventory-ageing-stock-age-byrdai)

[Fulfillment ﹠logistics](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/fulfillment-logistics) [byrdAI](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/byrdai)

[Every pallet in your warehouse has a receipt date. And from that day, a bill starts running: storage costs month after month, tied-up capital, and for some products a ticking best-before clock on...](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/inventory-ageing-stock-age-byrdai)

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## [Calculate inventory turnover: which products work for your money, and which just block it?](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/calculate-inventory-turnover-byrdai)

[![Calculate inventory turnover: which products work for your money, and which just block it?](https://blog.getbyrd.com/hubfs/inventory%20Report%20byrdAI.png)](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/calculate-inventory-turnover-byrdai)

[Fulfillment ﹠logistics](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/fulfillment-logistics) [byrdAI](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/byrdai)

[Inventory turnover is one of the oldest metrics in business, and one that is used properly far too rarely. Everyone knows the formula: quantity sold divided by average stock. What almost nobody has:...](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/calculate-inventory-turnover-byrdai)

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## [Blocked stock: the inventory that's there but still missing](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/blocked-stock-byrdai)

[![Blocked stock: the inventory that's there but still missing](https://blog.getbyrd.com/hubfs/Blocked%20Inventory%20Report%20byrdAI.png)](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/blocked-stock-byrdai)

[Fulfillment ﹠logistics](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/fulfillment-logistics) [byrdAI](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/byrdai)

[It is one of the most confusing moments in day-to-day fulfilment: the warehouse reports 120 units, the shop shows "unavailable". Both are correct. Because between "physically on the shelf" and...](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/blocked-stock-byrdai)

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## [Days of cover and reorder point at a glance, with no spreadsheets](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/plan-reordering-coverage-byrdai)

[![Days of cover and reorder point at a glance, with no spreadsheets](https://blog.getbyrd.com/hubfs/Reorder%20Report%20byrdAI.png)](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/plan-reordering-coverage-byrdai)

[Fulfillment ﹠logistics](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/fulfillment-logistics) [byrdAI](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/byrdai)

[Hardly any stockout is truly a surprise. The numbers were always there: current stock, sales velocity, supplier lead time. Only nobody added them up, because working through each product in Excel is...](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/plan-reordering-coverage-byrdai)

[Read more](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/plan-reordering-coverage-byrdai)

## [Overstock: the money sleeping on your shelves as stock](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/reduce-overstock-byrdai)

[![Overstock: the money sleeping on your shelves as stock](https://blog.getbyrd.com/hubfs/Overstock%20Report%20byrdAI.png)](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/reduce-overstock-byrdai)

[Fulfillment ﹠logistics](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/fulfillment-logistics) [byrdAI](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/byrdai)

[There is one number many merchants have never seen and which nonetheless helps decide their liquidity: the stock value sitting in the warehouse beyond actual need. A byrd customer recently saw that...](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/reduce-overstock-byrdai)

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## [Dead stock: the products quietly burning your money](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/identify-slow-movers-byrdai)

[![Dead stock: the products quietly burning your money](https://blog.getbyrd.com/hubfs/Slow-Mover%20Report%20byrdAI.png)](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/identify-slow-movers-byrdai)

[Fulfillment ﹠logistics](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/fulfillment-logistics) [byrdAI](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/byrdai)

[Every range has them. Products that were a good idea two years ago, have sat on the shelf ever since and do three things: rack up storage costs, tie up capital and eat time at every stocktake. The...](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/identify-slow-movers-byrdai)

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## [Top movers: know your bestsellers. And protect them.](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/bestseller-analysis-top-movers-byrdai)

[![Top movers: know your bestsellers. And protect them.](https://blog.getbyrd.com/hubfs/Top-Mover%20Report%20byrdAI.png)](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/bestseller-analysis-top-movers-byrdai)

[Fulfillment ﹠logistics](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/fulfillment-logistics) [byrdAI](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/byrdai)

[Ask a merchant about their three bestsellers and you get a quick answer. Ask about positions four to fifteen, about the share of the top 10 in total volume, or about which bestseller is quietly...](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/bestseller-analysis-top-movers-byrdai)

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## [Best-before under control: spot expiring batches with byrdAI | byrd](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/expiring-batches-best-before-byrdai)

[![Best-before under control: spot expiring batches with byrdAI | byrd](https://blog.getbyrd.com/hubfs/Expiring%20lots.png)](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/expiring-batches-best-before-byrdai)

[Fulfillment ﹠logistics](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/fulfillment-logistics) [byrdAI](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/byrdai)

[For merchants selling food, drinks and supplements or cosmetics and beauty products, the best-before date is a silent clock ticking away in the warehouse. When a batch expires, the goods can no...](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/expiring-batches-best-before-byrdai)

[Read more](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/expiring-batches-best-before-byrdai)

## [ABC analysis for inventory](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/abc-analysis-inventory-byrdai)

[![ABC analysis for inventory](https://blog.getbyrd.com/hubfs/ABC%20Analysis%20byrdAI.png)](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/abc-analysis-inventory-byrdai)

[e-commerce](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/e-commerce)

[Almost every e-commerce range hides the same uncomfortable truth: a small share of your products drives nearly all of your volume. The rest sits on the shelf, racks up storage costs, and ties up...](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/abc-analysis-inventory-byrdai)

[Read more](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/abc-analysis-inventory-byrdai)

## [Absolute Collagen - The British family business expanding Across Europe](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/absolute-collagen-european-expansion-fulfillment)

[![Absolute Collagen - The British family business expanding Across Europe](https://blog.getbyrd.com/hubfs/absolute%20collagen%20expansion%20to%20the%20eu%20(1).png)](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/absolute-collagen-european-expansion-fulfillment)

[Success Stories](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/success-stories)

[For many online retailers based in the UK, the implications of Brexit have been a real headache, especially if they have ambitious growth plans for the EU. This was also the case for Absolute...](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/absolute-collagen-european-expansion-fulfillment)

[Read more](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/absolute-collagen-european-expansion-fulfillment)

## [De Minimis EU 2026](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/de-minimis-eu)

[![De Minimis EU 2026](https://blog.getbyrd.com/hubfs/de%20minimis%202026%20(1).png)](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/de-minimis-eu)

[e-commerce](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/tag/e-commerce)

[For a long time, the EU’s €150 customs duty exemption helped make cross-border e-commerce feel fairly straightforward. If you were shipping low-value orders from outside the EU straight to European...](https://blog.getbyrd.com/en-gb/de-minimis-eu)

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