Distribution Centre
This coverage explores developments in distribution centres and their role within UK retail supply chains. Reporting highlights openings, closures, automation investments, workforce strategies, and logistics innovations shaping how goods move from suppliers to stores and customers. With a focus on operational efficiency and strategic planning, the insights support retail managers and executives navigating supply chain challenges and growth opportunities.
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Feb- 2020 -5 FebruarySupermarkets
Aldi opens new £64m distribution centre
Budget supermarket Aldi has opened a new £64m distribution centre in Sawley, Derbyshire. The site, which spans over 600,000 sq ft, is Aldi’s 11th UK distribution centre and will serve the supermarket’s growing customer base across the east midlands. The facility is part of Aldi’s planned £1bn investment in 2019…
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Dec- 2019 -16 DecemberHigh Street
Sports Direct profits soar in half-year results
Shares in Sports Direct jumped more than 16% to 418p in early trading today, after the retailer announced a 160% increase in profits to £193.4m in its half-year financial report. The sports fashion retailer said the profit growth was largely due to “improved” underlying EBITDA, which increased by 21.8% to…
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4 DecemberHigh Street
Argos set for Christmas disruption amid plans for 15-day delivery strike
Argos customers are facing “Christmas misery” after UPS staff in Barton, Staffordshire, chose to go into strike action over a 10-month-long pay dispute, union Unite has said. Shunter and HGV drivers employed by UPS at Argos’ flagship distribution centre at Barton, near Burton on Trent, will commence over two weeks…
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Nov- 2019 -11 NovemberSupermarkets
Lidl eyes 230 new stores by 2023
German discount supermarket chain Lidl is set to increase its rate of expansion by opening 230 new stores in the next three years. According to the Sunday Times, Lidl’s UK chief executive Christian Hartnagel said he plans to take the company’s store state to 1000 by 2023. This would see…
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Oct- 2019 -28 OctoberHigh Street
Arcadia to move Topshop logistics to Daventry warehouse
Sir Phillip Green is allegedly moving Topshop and Topman’s logistics to Daventey distribution centre Arcadia announced over the summer that Topman was already being fulfilled from the new Daventry distribution centre, with plans to make Topshop live from the site in early 2020 Earlier this year, Arcadia opened a new…
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21 OctoberPeople Moves
Matalan strike suspended after bosses offer new pay deal
A long-running Matalan strike has been called off after bosses made GMB members a new pay offer. More than 500 workers at Matalan’s Northern Distribution Centre based in Knowsley, Merseyside, had been on strike after management made a pay offer which GMB said amounted to a “real terms pay cut”.…
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Aug- 2019 -19 AugustHigh Street
Over 600 JD employees to protest against break reductions
Over 600 employees at footwear retailer JD Sports have signed up to a grievance against the company’s proposals to reduce the number of breaks in 12 hours shifts at its distribution centre in Rochdale. The number of breaks during a typical 12-hour night shift has reduced from three to two,…
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Jul- 2019 -16 JulySupermarkets
Sainsbury’s Waltham Point warehouse staff set for second strike
Sainsbury’s warehouse staff at Waltham Point are set to go on strike for the second time later this month following a dispute over an attendance scheme. Staff at the ‘Big Four’ grocer’s distribution centre in Essex will take part in a second round of 24-hour strike action on Thursday, 25…
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Jun- 2019 -26 JuneAdvice
How technology has boosted the retail supply chain
In today’s world of digital marketing and both on and offline competition, technology is growing in importance for retail businesses. But how has it affected the supply chain specifically? Read on as we explore how technology has transformed and helped businesses maximise their supply chain efficiency, including making deliveries speedier…
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13 JuneSupermarkets
Lidl to open first central London store amid £500m expansion
Lidl has announced a £500m expansion plan for London, which will see the grocer open its first store in the West End. The investment is planned for the next five years, and will enable Lidl to open over 40 new outlets in London, including in Alperton, East Acton, Hackbridge and…
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