Uncertainty in forecasting retail sales volumes and a financial crisis in the freight industry is pushing up the level of risk for retailers in the run-up to Christmas, Alan Braithwaite of LCP Consulting has warned.
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Lancashire-based discount specialist B&M Retail has bought Rockpoint’s 618,839 sq ft The Vault facility at Liverpool International Business Park.
Sports footwear retailer ASICS increased the control and visibility of its European supply chain, and boosted inventory management when it brought in a warehouse management system from Infor.
Luggage retailer Tripp has signed a five-year warehousing contract with Seafield Logistics.
Dematic is to supply a mechanised logistics system for Tesco’s new 910,000 sq ft distribution centre at Teesport, Middlesbrough. The system, which is scheduled for completion in 2010, will provide the retailer with a pallet storage solution, incorporating
In a first for the e-fulfilment sector, iForce is combining online fulfilment, online returns and retail returns processing for Sainsbury’s non-food goods under one roof. The service, which went live in July, is based at a 250,000 sq ft depot in Corby.
Discount retailer 99p Stores has taken the former Woolworths warehouse in Rugby, which is being marketed by GVA Grimley
A global standard for consumer goods is a step closer following a deal between the British Retail Consortium and the Retail Industry-Leaders Association in the United States.
Retailer giant Metro Group is expanding its RFID programme into China and India in a bid to create real-time, end-to-end supply chain visibility.
Retailer Timberband has consolidated home deliveries across its retail operation by signing a £750,000 contract with Nightfreight.
