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Amazon trailers set for UK roads
Amazon has bought 40 double deck trailers, which will be used by its line haul partners in the UK. The trailers are Prime branded. The online retail giant has several dozen line-haul partners across...
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Strong Black Friday for John Lewis
This year’s Black Friday turned out to be one of John Lewis’ busiest shopping periods, according to the retailer. The chain department store and winner of the Retail/E-tail category at the Supply Chain...
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John Lewis extends iForce contract
John Lewis has extended its contract with iForce, the supply chain company that provides online fulfilment services for the retailer. iForce was chosen by the company back in 2002 to support the launch...
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Topshop staff strike over pay
Union members at a Topshop distribution centre in Solihull walked out on Cyber Monday (28 November) over a minimum wage dispute. Over 50 staff and GMB members chose to strike at the West Midlands...
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Ocado Andover fulfilment centre goes live
Online supermarket retailer is now operating from its new Andover Customer Fulfilment Centre. The site began picking and delivering customer orders early last week. The online business said it expects...
View ArticleDelivery options are a major factor for consumers
95 per cent of consumers would potentially consider shopping elsewhere if a website couldn’t meet their needs, new Shutl research has found. 41 per cent of shoppers surveyed said that they would...
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WHSmith chooses Menzies
British retailer WHSmith has chosen Menzies Distribution to handle its UK store distribution. In a three-month contract Menzies will operate out of three WHSmith Distribution Centres located in...
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Boohoo submits plans for 163,000sq ft Burnley DC
Online fashion retailer Boohoo.com has submitted plans to Burnley Borough Council for a new 163,000 sq ft Burnley distribution centre. The site where Boohoo hopes to develop a new warehouse The...
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Lidl to open £70m iPort DC
Budget supermarket retailer Lidl is to open a £70 million, 628,000 sq ft distribution centre at the iPort development in Doncaster. The South Yorkshire based site will be the retailer’s 13th UK...
View ArticleUK online shopping capital revealed
The UK’s online shopping hotspot for Black Friday was… Inverness, according to figures from Royal Mail. It has produced a top ten towns and cities where shoppers made the most online purchases in the...
View Article55 per cent of Millennials drop favourite brands
55 per cent of 18 to 34 year olds have dropped one of their favourite brands in the last year. According to research by YouGov and GT Nexus, product quality, availability issues, working conditions and...
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Walker wins sports and lifestyle contract
Walker Logistics has won a contract to manage the downstream UK supply chain for new lifestyle and sporting brand Hurlingham Polo 1875. The new brand has been developed by the Hurlingham Polo...
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Screwfix to open 562,000 sq ft Fradley DC
Screwfix is to open a 562,000 sq ft build-to-suit distribution centre at Prologis Park Fradley, West Midlands. The development of the site will begin this month, and is expected to complete by autumn...
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JD Sports gets go ahead for massive DC extension
Retailer JD Sports has been granted planning permission for the extension of its Rochdale based distribution centre at Kingsway Business Park. The total extension (including four internal mezzanine...
View ArticleFurniture company expands at EMDC
Furniture company Birlea Furniture has agreed to take an additional 74,000 sq ft of space at Clowes Developments East Midlands Distribution Centre in Castle Donington. Birlea Furniture already...
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Shoppers to spend £20.6bn on food this Christmas
UK shoppers are set to spend £20.6 billion on Christmas food and groceries this year – demonstrating 1.2 per cent growth in the grocery market, according to IGD figures. “Although our forecast...
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Lidl plans DC at London Gateway
Lidl is to start operations from a distribution centre at DP World London Gateway Logistics Park in the new year. It will begin operating out of a 187,000 sq ft distribution facility from February next...
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Asda chooses Route Genie for toyou service
Asda has chosen carrier management software Route Genie for its toyou parcel service. The service, which launched last year, enables third-party retailers to offer their customers a choice to collect...
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Wincanton drivers at Argos DC set to strike
Wincanton drivers based at Argos’ Staffordshire distribution centre are set to to strike for three days during the run up to Christmas. Unite the Union claims that the drivers are owed about £700 in...
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Arlec picks CEVA for UK distribution
Arlec, the Australian-owned designer and manufacturer of electronic and electrical products for the DIY market, has awarded CEVA an evergreen contract to provide warehousing, storage and relabeling...
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