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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Feb- 2019 -6 FebruaryDepartment Stores
Warehouse supplying HoF to shut affecting 280 jobs
A warehouse which supplies deliveries to House of Fraser is set to close later this year, affecting some 280 job roles. Trade union Usdaw announced that the Wellingborough, Northampton site, operated by XPO Logistics will shut on 10 April. The union said the closure ended months of “uncertainty for staff”…
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Jan- 2019 -31 JanuarySupply Chain
Lidl opens 13th and largest UK distribution centre
Lidl UK has announced the opening of its 13th and largest Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) in Doncaster. The warehouse, which represents a £70m investment in Lidl’s expansion and logistics, will initially provide support to 53 Lidl stores across south Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the Midlands. Earlier this month, Lidl opened a…
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25 JanuaryAnalysis
Why retailers no longer need to get hung up in their fight against waste
The war on single use plastics has stepped up a gear. Since the shocking images from the BBC’s Blue Planet were beamed across living rooms last year, the public clamour for a solution to reducing single-use plastics waste has grown louder than it has ever been. For the fashion retailers,…
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11 JanuaryAnalysis
Keeping up with Amazon
Since its inception in the 90s, Amazon has become a global retail giant that has transformed the industry. Whether that transformation is seen as a positive or negative will vary depending on experience and which side of the argument you find yourself. For many retailers, Amazon, and similar online giants…
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4 JanuaryOnline & Digital
Gear4Music issues warning despite 41% sales growth
Gear4Music has issued a warning on profit for 2019 saying it would be “slightly below” last year’s results. The warning comes against the backdrop of a 41% year-on-year sales growth, which has seen sales rise to £48.7m. The group also announced that UK sales had risen by 36% to £25.5m,…
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Nov- 2018 -16 NovemberComment
The importance of ‘what if’?
Becoming an ecommerce success is about so much more than the product you sell. E-retailers must be brand designers and data experts, sales specialists, masterminds of logistics and customer relationship management. The ecommerce landscape moves fast, requiring each and every set of skills to be constantly refreshed and renewed. What’s…
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15 NovemberAdvice
Don’t forget about returns during the Black Friday boom
With less than a week to go until Black Friday – arguably the most important day of the year for both the high street and eCommerce – we’re already seeing offers and tips for getting the best bargains starting to appear. The temptation to take advantage of the sales and…
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7 NovemberSupermarkets
New £45m Co-op distribution centre to create 1,200 jobs
The Co-op has agreed terms for a new £45m distribution depot to support the retailer’s ambitions for continued growth across London, the south and south-east. The new 661,000 sq ft depot, which will be located just off the A1 at Bedfordshire’s Symmetry Park, Biggleswade and is expected to open in…
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Oct- 2018 -26 OctoberOnline & Digital
Richemont and Alibaba partner to bring Net-a-Porter to China
Richemont, the Swiss luxury goods group, and Alibaba Group has announce a global strategic partnership to bring Yoox Net-A-Porter (YNAP) to Chinese consumers. Under the partnership, YNAP and Alibaba will establish a joint venture to launch two mobile apps for Net-A-Porter and Mr Porter multi-brand, in-season online stores for consumers in China.…
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26 OctoberOnline & Digital
Online retail order volumes slow before ‘Golden Quarter’
Online retail parcel delivery order volumes increased by only 6.4% year-on-year (YoY) in September, the lowest YoY rate in 2018 so far. According to the latest data from the IMRG MetaPack UK Delivery Index, order volumes “typically decline” month-on-month (MoM) around this time of year, but the rate of decline…
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