A new white paper, co-authored by Professor Alan Braithwaite, estimates that data inaccuracy among the top five retailers and their suppliers is costing as much as £1.4 billion per year – one per cent of total revenue, and a considerably higher figure tha
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Retailers are increasingly focused on multi-channel operations, says a new report, but they are failing to get the fulfilment processes right to deliver on their service promises
Information technology is all too often the elephant in the room, but retail market specialist Penelope Ody thinks it might be time to think small.
Sofa retailer ScS taken delivery of ten Mercedes-Benz 7.5 tonners taking its delivery fleet to 55 vehicles
Online retailers are refining their delivery options with lower standard charges offset by increases for premium service, a survey by multi-channel logistics operator iForce suggests
Swiss Post International UK has moved into the UK retail market with acquisition of MCM Direct, a direct mail provider
Digital Village, the music equipment retailer, has chosen iForce for a five year contract
Budget retailer 99p Stores has secured ProLogis’ DC372 warehouse at ProLogis Park Pineham in Northamptonshire, as its new headquarters and national distribution centre.
Online retailer Tackle Discounts has upped its sales by 30 – 40 per cent and cut delivery costs by 15 per cent, since going live with a delivery management system from MetaPack.
German retailer myToys.de plans to open a new distribution centre at Langenselbold in June which will use an automated sortation systems to give a throughput of 11,000 items an hour.
