A major survey of consumers in 40 countries worldwide has highlighted the impact of key regulatory events on global eCommerce. The report, conducted by the International Post Corporation, involved 33,000 shoppers and showed that Brexit and the EU’s abolition of the VAT exemption on low-value goods had influenced consumer shopping habits. Thirty-nine percent of respondents […]
Only by continuing to evolve our technology can Hurricane ensure its customer offering is truly world-leading. The latest updates introduced over the last year to our Zephyr and Aura APIs have included new content and improved processing speeds. To keep up with changing regulations and more complex requirements from customers, Hurricane has invested heavily in
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Hurricane Commerce will be exhibiting at the Retail Supply Chain & Logistics Expo at the ExCel London on March 2nd and 3rd. The event brings together leading decision-makers from the worlds of eCommerce and logistics. Hurricane’s CEO Martyn Noble will be among the keynote speakers at this important industry event. The Expo provides a platform
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Hurricane has become a Partner with the Patchworks platform for eCommerce. Patchworks brings together partners which are able to provide retailers and brands with best-in-class technologies to enable them to successfully scale their eCommerce operations. Patchworks customers include Gymshark, Huel, Sophie Allport, Emma Bridgewater and HermanMiller. Among other key partners of Patchworks is SEKO Logistics,
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Hurricane Commerce has been appointed by Yanwen Express as its global cross-border data partner. Yanwen, one of China’s leading logistics providers, has integrated Hurricane’s data enhancement solution, Zephyr, to ensure its shipments have complete and accurate data including products descriptions, HS6 codes and import and export codes. Yanwen employs over 4,000 people and hands over
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Hurricane is delighted to be on board as a Premium Sponsor at WMX Americas 2022. The prestigious event, bringing together the leaders in the postal and carrier sector, will be held in Miami from the 20th to 22nd February. CEO and Chairman Martyn Noble will lead the Hurricane team attending the event which is organised
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Hurricane is busy helping its customers prepare for the next major regulatory change affecting cross-border eCommerce. In a month’s time, on January 1st 2022, the World Customs Organisation (WCO) will implement Harmonised System 2022. It will be the 7th edition Harmonised System, bringing sweeping changes to how importers and exporters determine and assign HS codes
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Hurricane has been extensively profiled in the December edition of Parcel & Post Technology International magazine. The magazine, published by the organisers of Parcel & Post Expo, is recognised around the globe as a leading authority on news and other information in the post and parcel industry. In the December issue, Hurricane’s CEO Martyn Noble
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China’s dominance of global eCommerce has been reinforced by the success of the recently concluded Double Eleven shopping festival. The festival, also known as Singles Day, saw a range of new sales records and trends. They included Chinese online payment clearinghouse NetsUnion and card payment giant China UnionPay reporting online payments worth 22.32 trillion yuan
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Emirates Post, the UAE’s official postal operator and leading express provider, has identified the expansion of its international parcels business as a key part of its global growth strategy. The postal operator is investing heavily with the goal of becoming a seamless gateway and strategic logistics hub for cross-border eCommerce traffic for the United Arab
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Technical Director
Interesting Fact: I am completely self-taught from a technical skills persepctiuve, and left formal education at 18.
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Favourite Quote: “He sprayed water in my face – thta’s not allowed” – James Haskell. The whole event surrounding it is hilarious and shows the power of a good wind up
Interesting Fact: I started my working life training to be an accountant but decided I hated numbers. (Ironically I now love them!). I really wanted to join the Hong Kong Police force but couldn’t do that until i was 24. I took a temporary job in Imports and 47 years later here I am.
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Favourite Quote: “No man is an island”
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Favourite Quote: “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today”. This is a great quote by Benjamin Franklin, to have in your head when working through a series of tasks to help keep focused.
Interesting Fact: One of my life goals is to be able to speak French, I’ve been doing Duolingo every day for the last five years, and I’m still rubbish!
Favourite Music: Where do I even start! Tom Petty Running Down a Dream, this is my top-down driving next to the ocean song
Favourite Quote: “This time will pass”
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Favourite Music: Even though I spent a few years in the music industry my taste of music was always a cause for concern with my colleagues, so to surprise them all my current favourite is Kids by MGMT (absolute belter)
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Favourite Quote: “Know your customers, Know your People, Know your Numbers” – plagiarised from Sir John Harvey Jones when I met him very early on in my career and values I stick to in my business life.
