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Amazon sets out plan for Whole Foods Market
Amazon has set out plans to integrate Whole Foods Market into the rest of its business once the takeover is completed on 28th August. The companies are working on merchandising and logistics to enable...
View ArticleSpeed and convenience top reasons for store shopping
Speed and convenience are the top reasons why consumers choose to shop in-store, according to a new PCMS report. The research found that 58 per cent of shoppers cite immediacy as their main reason for...
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Brexit threatens product availability
The availability of affordable and quality products is at risk without additional agreements and investment to supplement a customs deal, according to a new BRC report. BRC, the trade association for...
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Ocado picks PSE for tote washing service
Ocado has chosen Packaging Services Europe to provide wash and inspection services for its storage and delivery totes. Martin Svec, divisional site services manager at Ocado, said: “When it came to...
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Doddle and Cancer Research expand click & collect partnership
Doddle and Cancer Research UK have expanded their click & collect partnership. The charity is set to have a further 50 UK stores become Doddle locations by the end of next year. Up to 200 are due...
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SPAR China appoints new managing director
SPAR International has appointed Jerome Chevrier as the new managing director of SPAR China. Jerome Chevrier. In the past, Chevrier has managed Carrefour’s regional operations in China as well as...
View Article70pc of consumers want more delivery options
70 per cent of consumers want more flexible delivery options to be available, according to new research by Sorted. The delivery experience company also found that 66 per cent of consumers agree that...
View ArticleConsumers want faster deliveries
Consumers are demanding more flexibility and faster delivery times from online retailers and delivery couriers, research by Whistl reveals. It found that seven per cent want same day delivery and...
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Does omni-channel need a new definition?
Ben Farrell, head of central operations and transport at John Lewis, asked delegates the question: Is it time to move on from the definition of omni-channel?, when he delivered the keynote address at...
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Are you mastering the returns process?
Vinesh Patel, operations manager – mobile at Sky, talked about tackling returns at the company’s new mobile business on the second day of the Omni-Channel Conference in Central London. Patel spoke...
View ArticleAQ Skin chooses Walker Logistics
Skin care and cosmetic products company AQ Skin Solutions has chosen Walker Logistics to manage its downstream UK supply chain. “AQ Skin Solutions is a small but ambitious company that has chosen...
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John Lewis chooses Hörmann
Hörmann has installed more than 1200 industrial loading bay products at two John Lewis Partnership sites in Magna Park 3, Milton Keynes. “As loading bay specialists, we fully understand the...
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Supermarket sales grow by 3.6pc
Supermarket sales have grown 3.6 per cent compared to the same period last year, according to new grocery market figures by Kantar Worldpanel. The results are based on the 12 weeks to 10 September...
View ArticleFive innovations shaping retail logistics
Five innovations will influence retail logistics by 2020 according to global real estate advisor CBRE. With e-commerce expected to comprise 20 per cent of all retail sales in the next three years,...
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Supply chain savings help Morrisons boost profits
Morrisons made significant cost savings were realised in four areas – automated ordering, in-store administration, distribution between manufacturing and retail, and procurement of goods not for...
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Fashion retailer picks Pass my Parcel
Pass my Parcel, the parcel shop network, has been awarded a contract with online fashion retailer All Good Things. Pass My Parcel is owned by news and magazine wholesales Smith News, and now works with...
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Tesco to tackle food waste with supplier partnerships
Tesco is to tackle the UN Sustainable Development Goal on food waste with new partnerships with 24 of its largest food suppliers. The suppliers involved in the agreement are: Yeo Valley; Gomez;...
View ArticleAlibaba to invest $15bn in logistics
Alibaba, the giant Chinese online retailer, is to invest RMB100 billion ($15.2 billion) over the next five years to further strengthen its global logistics network so that it can fulfil orders in China...
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IKEA expands DX contracts to £19m a year
IKEA has awarded DX a three year contract to provide logistics services for customer deliveries, which with existing contracts takes the value of DX’s work for IKEA to £19 million a year. DX will...
View ArticlePets at Home picks Cartwright for special trailers
Retailer Pets At Home has chosen Cartwright to supply a number of semi-trailers with an overall height of four metres to solve a problem with bridge access in the south east. Instead of the double-deck...
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