Online fresh food sales are recording strong growth. In the UK, fresh food e-commerce, also called “e-food,” is valued at £7.8 billion and is the largest market of its kind in Europe. Across the continent, e-food sales are expected to rise from 21% to 34% by 2018.

Don’t let reports of deliveries made by flying robots fool you. We haven’t moved fully into The Jetsons territory yet. Just because Amazon has been granted patents for drones and airborne fulfillment centers doesn’t mean use of these delivery technologies is imminent. Today, tomorrow, and for quite a while, trucks will be used to transport e-commerce packages to people’s homes.

A company’s e-commerce success is dependent on having three things: the right people in the right process with the right systems. Though it sounds simple, many companies struggle to bring these integral pieces together at the same time.

This translates into missed opportunities to elevate brand recognition, drive sales growth and capture market share.

A year passes so quickly…again we will be celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8. It is a wonderful event and a time to take stock. It reminds us that it is never enough to just recognise the problems that we face as a gender. The rallying call for this year’s International Women's Day - #BeBoldForChange – charges each one of us to be a leader to accelerate gender parity. Working together we can unleash the limitless potential women offer to the global economy.