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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Apr- 2019 -26 AprilOnline & Digital
Shop Direct protects 200 jobs with Raven Mill deal
Shop Direct has transferred its returns activity at its Raven Mill site over to logistics company Clipper Logistics in a move which will see 200 jobs safeguarded. The logistics firm will operate on behalf of Shop Direct at the 215,000 square foot site near Oldham, Lancashire. Clipper Logistics will operate…
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5 AprilClothing & Shoes
JD Sports acquires Pretty Green from administration
Liam Gallagher’s Pretty Green, the boutique men’s clothing brand, has been acquired by JD Sports out of administration. The sale includes the business, brand, online and wholesale business as well as a flagship store in Manchester, securing the future of 67 employees. The remaining 11 stores and 33 House of…
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3 AprilAdvice
How returns became essential in the retail landscape
For as long as people have been able to buy items, they have been returning them. It’s by no means a new phenomenon and retailers across all industries, from technology to fashion know this. However, the rise in online only brands, and online shopping more generally, has seen a steady…
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Mar- 2019 -27 MarchAdvice
Three marketing principles for challenging retail conditions
It’s a great time for putting the boot into retail in the UK. With sales growth down year-on-year and 85,000 job losses across the sector, negativity is on-trend. Much of this pressure is being felt by high street retailers: increasing overheads and declining consumer confidence have led to a situation…
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25 MarchClothing & Shoes
Pretty Green set to appoint administrators this week
Fashion brand, Pretty Green is set to draft in administrators this week after it filed a notice of intention to appoint Moorfields Advisory to handle an insolvency protest. The brand, owned by Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher, called in advisors from the accountancy firm last month after sources told Drapers the…
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13 MarchAdvice
Reimagining the retail bridge between online and offline shopping
The rise of retail giants like Amazon is a widely documented trend with many digital, built-in-the-cloud market entrants having overtaken and displaced the entrenched high street brands we’ve loved and are now losing. However, as more bricks-and-mortar retailers expand their e-commerce offerings and online giants increasingly begin to physically ‘set…
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11 MarchClothing & Shoes
Liam Gallagher’s Pretty Green calls in advisors
Liam Gallagher’s Pretty Green fashion brand has called in advisors Moorfields Advisory to oversee a strategic review of the company’s business. According to reports by Drapers options under consideration include a possible sale, with a source telling the website Pretty Green was hit “really badly” when House of Fraser’s website…
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5 MarchComment
What will a no-deal Brexit mean for retail?
We’re now just one month away until Britain leaves the European Union and we appear no closer to knowing whether we’ll be departing with a deal or without one. One sector which is set to bear the brunt if we leave without a deal is retail. In a report by…
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1 MarchOnline & Digital
Farfetch and JD.com expand partnership with Toplife merger
Farfetch, the technology platform for the luxury fashion industry, has announced the expansion of their strategic partnership with JD.com in order to create the “premier luxury gateway to China” for luxury brands. Under the agreement, JD.com’s Toplife will merge into Farfetch China while Farfetch’s 3,000 luxury brands will be made…
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Feb- 2019 -7 FebruaryAdvice
Auto-replenishment: Is this how we want to shop in the future?
From supermarkets automating their stock systems, to consumers installing Amazon Dash buttons in their homes, auto-replenishment is a hot topic for many retail experts. Whatever happens in 2019, retailers will undoubtedly face a difficult year ahead, but will it be the teams harnessing and investing in new technology that come…
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