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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Aug- 2018 -8 AugustAdvice
Five ways an omnichannel strategy can improve customer experience
A customer-centric strategy is the only way retailers can remain competitive in a rapidly changing retail environment. How does an omnichannel strategy help retailers deliver a superb customer experience? 1) Omnichannel lets retailers develop a 360-degree view of the customer Retailers need to create a complete view of the customer…
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3 AugustOnline & Digital
Amazon tax bill halved despite profits increase
Amazon’s UK corporation tax bill was £4.5m in 2017, its lowest bill in five years, despite tripling its pre-tax profits in the same year. According to accounts filed on Companies House, the online retailer only paid £1.7m of that figure, after deferring £2.9m. Amazon’s pre-tax profits in 2017 were recorded…
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Jun- 2018 -12 JuneComment
Fast Fashion: The global battle
The fast fashion landscape is a crowded space. Spend a couple of minutes on a train platform, browsing Instagram, scrolling through Twitter or watching YouTube and the vast array of adverts, celebrity endorsers, vloggers and other assorted brand affiliates makes it clear that a fierce battle for the wallets of…
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4 JuneOnline & Digital
Amazon faces legal action over alleged ‘bogus’ self-employment
GMB, the trade union for ‘gig economy’ workers, has announced plans to bring legal action against three of Amazon’s delivery companies over what it calls “bogus” self-employment. The action, announced today (4 June) at GMB’s 101st annual congress in Brighton, is on behalf of people working as couriers and delivering…
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May- 2018 -30 MayAdvice
Retail survival tactics that work
The so-called retail apocalypse has hit both long-standing high street giants and hardworking independent retailers, although some brands are proving their resilience. Despite the fact that there were more store closures in 2017 than in any year since 2010 there is some good news amidst the gloom that could help…
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30 MayOnline & Digital
Average online order value rises for 14th consecutive month
The average order value for online purchases has increased for 14 months in a row, according to new data. Figures from the IMRG MetaPack UK Delivery Index showed UK shoppers fuelled most of the increase, with the value for each month increasing compared with the same month the previous year.…
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29 MayHigh Street
Westend Retail Park in Dublin sold for €147.7m
Irish property management group Green Reit has sold the Westend Retail Park in Blanchardstown, Dublin, to a DWS real estate fund for €147.7m (£128.9m).The sale amount is in line with the most recent valuation of the property, which was €147.1m (£128.4) in December 2017. The retail park comprises 230,742 sq…
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3 MayAnalysis
REPORT: Comparing the US and European retail sectors
Dire predictions of mass bankruptcies in the US retail sector in the face of the ecommerce revolution have come true in the so-called “retail apocalypse”. Changing consumer habits with the growing popularity of online shopping and increasingly easy delivery options have led to slack growth, if not declines in…
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1 MayOnline & Digital
Solid first-quarter growth for online retail orders
Online retail delivery order volumes were up 9.6% year-on-year in March, according to the latest data from the IMRG MetaPack UK Delivery Index. This completes what has been a solid first-quarter for online retail order volumes, with total growth for the quarter increasing by 12.5%, just short of the 13%…
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Apr- 2018 -17 AprilDepartment Stores
450 jobs at risk as Marks and Spencer close Hardwick facility
Marks and Spencer’s Hardwick distribution centre is set to close in September as part of a plan to transform the company’s logistic networks. The department store chain believes that a smaller network of large distribution will be faster and more cost effective. The contractors, DHL and XPO Logistics provide the…
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