Supply Chain
This coverage examines supply chain strategy and performance within the UK retail industry. Reporting highlights logistics innovation, inventory management, sourcing practices, supplier relations, technology adoption, and responses to disruption. Focused on efficiency, resilience, and commercial impact, it provides insights for retail executives and managers optimising operations and ensuring continuity.
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Jun- 2020 -19 JuneCoronavirus Featured Content
Making the UK workplace COVID safe
Rumours of the imminent return of the hospitality sector may have been overstated. Many operators may be ready to open in some shape or other after weeks of painstaking planning to ensure that premises can trade. But until employees are back off furlough, premises have been deep cleaned and the…
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17 JuneClothing & Shoes
Boohoo snaps up Oasis and Warehouse
Boohoo has acquired the online businesses of Oasis and Warehouse, following a £5.25m cash transaction with Hilco Capital Limited. The fashion group said the brands would be a “complementary” addition to its current portfolio, and it will now work to integrate them onto its platform in the coming months. The…
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8 JuneComment
Retaining the value of stock in a circular economy
The equivalent to 350,000 tonnes of clothing, worth around £140 million, ends up in UK landfill each year, according to Clothes Aid. More consumers and retailers have come to realise the significant impact of unsustainable business on the environment, creating a momentous change and a huge growth in the circular…
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8 JuneCoronavirus
Usdaw opposes government plans to open supermarkets full time on Sundays
Shopworkers union Usdaw has condemned government plans to let supermarkets open for 24 hours a day on Sundays as “a slap in the face” for key workers. The news comes as the government is considering trading laws limiting supermarket Sunday opening times to six hours, in an attempt to boost…
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3 JuneCoronavirus
Biggest decline in shop prices since 2006
May shop prices tumbled at the fastest rate of decline since 2006, falling by 2.4% against a 1.7% decrease in April. This was “largely” driven by a sharp fall in non-food prices, which fell “sharply” by 4.6% in the period, compared to a decline of 3.6% the month prior. This…
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May- 2020 -29 MayCoronavirus
Eve Sleep reports revenues ‘in line’ with expectations
Eve Sleep has reported its group revenues have been “in line with expectations” for the four months ended 30 April, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. In the period to 30 April, the retailer reported net cash of £7.5m compared with £8m in its previous update (31 December 2019). Eve Sleep said…
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28 MayComment
The time for retail to be re-imagined
2020 has seen retailers experience some of their most challenging times, an unprecedented fall or rise in demand during a global pandemic never before seen on this scale. As retailers grappled with their immediate response to Covid-19, it’s undoubtedly a once in a generation test of business continuity. As retailers…
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22 MayTips
3 Ways UK’s Retail Industry Will Change With COVID-19 – What to Know
With the COVID-19 pandemic making its apparent impact on the operations of British businesses every day, many business owners are in a steady waiting game for everything to go back to normal. While it may be human instinct to be as optimistic as possible in such dire times, the unseen…
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21 MayComment
Dealing with true demand today to help customers for the coming months
With the COVID-19 novel coronavirus on the rise worldwide, retailers are being forced to rethink their supply strategies on the fly. Demand for sundries and medical essentials is booming – especially via “buy online, pick up in store” (BOPIS) as well as curbside and home delivery channels that aid with…
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19 MayComment
Secondary market represents the key to survival during a crisis
As the Coronavirus outbreak lead to the forced closure of non-essential businesses across the nation, apparel retailers seem to have stopped in time. Relying on online-only purchasing and the movement of essential goods, retailers have witnessed a standstill of stock waiting for the pandemic to pass, are set to be…
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