Fashion retailers are increasingly looking to e-commerce for growth, and meeting the demands of this market requires new systems. Johanna Parsons reports
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Online retailer Firebox has appointed arvato to handle fulfilment as it pushes ahead with plans to expand internationally
It’s no longer just a multi-channel world. It’s now omni-channel, and to succeed in this developing environment takes technology. Johanna Parsons sizes up the requirements
Massive e-commerce is driving rapid growth in the number of packages being delivered each year, so companies are going to have to think hard about their packaging systems and materials, says Johanna Parsons
Food is a basic requirement for life. We all consume it, every day. But as well as being ubiquitous, in terms of how it gets to where its needed in time and in condition, “food” is arguably the most diverse and demanding category of all
Online fashion retailer ASOS plans to extend its Barnsley distribution centre by 25 per cent by 2014 to provide the capacity to meet its £1 billion sales target by 2015
SuperGroup, the company that owns the Superdry brand, has entered a long term agreement with Clipper Logistics and invested in a new distribution centre in Burton-on-Trent, as part of its infrastructure investment
The growth of online retailing and home delivery is renewing the focus on reverse logistics. Getting it wrong can be very expensive when returns can account for up to 30 per cent of shipped items
As the lines between in-store and online blur, are retail supply chain priorities shifting from regular replenishment to delivering to order with “keeping the shelves filled” no longer considered a necessity?
All the talk in the retail market is about going omni-channel – but before you can get there you need to have a strategy for picking orders. Are we on the verge of an omni-picking world?
