Logistics
This coverage examines logistics operations and challenges within the UK retail industry. Reporting highlights supply chain strategies, warehouse management, delivery networks, technology integration, and responses to disruption. Focused on efficiency and resilience, it provides retail executives and managers with insights to optimise operations, reduce costs, and improve customer fulfilment across channels.
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Sep- 2025 -10 SeptemberClothing & Shoes
Inditex HY profits edge up to €2.8bn
Inditex, the parent company of fashion brands Zara, Bershka and Stradivarius, has reported that revenues rose 1.6% year-on-year to €18.4bn (£15.9bn) in the six months to 31 July, with net income up 0.8% to €2.8bn (£2.42bn). Constant currency revenues jumped by 5.1% during the period, while gross profits inched up…
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10 SeptemberSupply Chain
Evri extends partnership with Debenhams
Evri has expanded its long-term partnership with Debenhams Group through a two-year contract extension. It comes as Evri delivered a record 807 million parcels in its most recent financial year and builds on the relationship between Evri and Debenhams which began in 2014. The new deal will establish Evri as…
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9 SeptemberClothing & Shoes
Decathlon appoints new leadership team for UK and Ireland
Decathlon has appointed Elena Pecos as chief executive and Romain Gravigny as chief operating officer for its combined UK and Ireland business. Pecos takes over from Eric Mazillier as the two territories formally merge under one leadership team. She previously led Decathlon Ireland as chief executive, a role she took…
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9 SeptemberSupply Chain
ASOS signs landmark agreement to secure supply chain workers’ rights
ASOS has signed a legally-binding, landmark agreement with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) to protect transport workers’ rights and safety across its supply chains. Under a legally-binding human rights due diligence (HRDD) agreement, ASOS and the ITF will cooperate in conducting HRDD in ASOS’ transport operations and logistics. ITF…
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Aug- 2025 -28 AugustComment
How retailers can keep frontline staff from feeling undervalued and overstressed
In retail, the shop floor is where the customer experience comes to life. It’s where expectations are met — or missed. Yet for decades, frontline employees, the people most directly responsible for shaping that experience, have often been left without the tools, recognition, and support they need to thrive. For…
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27 AugustPeople Moves
Morrisons appoints former Aldi exec as logistics director
Morrisons has appointed former Aldi UK regional logistics director, Andy Gillies, to lead its logistics operations as director, the retailer revealed on LinkedIn. Gillies brings more than 30 years of experience in retail and logistics, having most recently served as group logistics director at food manufacturer Greencore from 2022 to…
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27 AugustSupermarkets
Lidl invests £435m in warehouses network
Lidl GB has completed a major expansion of its Belvedere warehouse in London and begun work on a new site in Leeds, as part of wider plans to grow its UK store network. The discount supermarket has invested £285m in a two-stage development at Belvedere. The first phase, costing £160m,…
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21 AugustSupermarkets
M&S to invest £340m as it doubles food business
Marks and Spencer (M&S) will open a new food hub after announcing a £340m investment in its food supply chain, the largest in its history. This multi-year investment will fund the development of an automated National Distribution Centre (NDC) in Northamptonshire as the group looks to double the size of…
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15 AugustSponsored Articles
Five forces reshaping UK fulfilment, and how brands can respond
In the UK, shifts in technology, consumer expectations, and economic pressure are driving structural change across the fulfilment sector – positioning it now as a core driver of customer experience and brand reputation. At Fidelity Fulfilment, we work with both fast-scaling DTC brands and some of the UK’s largest multichannel…
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13 AugustComment
It’s time we had a system that stopped taxing retailers as if it were 1599
Our high streets have had a tough time in recent years – battered by a global pandemic, war, energy shocks and soaring inflation. Yet despite it all, shops have kept going – serving their communities, creating jobs, and showing remarkable resilience. But resilience isn’t a plan for growth, and nostalgia…
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