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Double deckers for Pets at Home
Pets at Home has ordered 11 stepframe double deck curtainsiders from Cartwright which feature Cheetah aerodynamic profile, a Moffett at the rear of the trailer and buckleless curtains. The curtains use...
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Hachette opens 242,000 sq ft Oxfordshire DC
Hachette UK has opened its 242,000 sq ft Hely Hutchinson Centre near Didcot for the distribution of books of all the publishers within the group. The distribution centre has 25-metre-high eaves and...
View ArticleAO.com picks BluJay for drop shipping
Online retailer AO.com has selected BluJay Solutions’ DropShip solution to enable direct shipping of its fast-moving consumer products. “Our last-mile delivery is central to our business model and...
View ArticleSustainability is key for customer retention, says Doddle
43 per cent of UK shoppers say they are now more likely to shop with a rival retailer if they offer a greater range of sustainable delivery options but only 6 per cent always collect their shopping...
View ArticleFree delivery set to increase
Free delivery is predicted to increase as retailers compete for online sales – while spending on logistics will increase by a third over the next five years, according to a survey of retailers by law...
View ArticleClipper wins Shop Direct contract
Shop Direct, operator of digital retail brands Very.co.uk and Littlewoods.com, was awarded a five-year contract to Clipper Logistics to provide returns management and pre-retail services, starting in...
View ArticleAmazon to open East Midlands fulfilment centre
Amazon is to open a new fulfilment centre in Kegworth, East Midlands to help meet customer demand, expand selection and enable SMBs selling on Amazon to scale their businesses. The fulfilment centre...
View ArticleArgos upgrades network to offer four hour delivery to 90pc of UK
Investment in the Argos delivery network means the retailer can now deliver to over 90 per cent of UK postcodes within four hours as well as offering immediate in-store collection, parent company...
View ArticleDrop shipping to disrupt retail operations
Retailers and manufacturers that have adopted a high degree of electronic collaboration have benefited most from drop shipping, according to a study by DiCentral and the Centre for Supply Chain...
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Lush awards three year logistics contract to CEVA
Cosmetics retailer Lush has awarded CEVA Logistics a three-year contract to manage and deliver products to its stores across the UK and Ireland. CEVA will collect products from Lush’s UK distribution...
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Mercadona invests €120m in automation
Mercadona, the Spanish supermarket chain, is investing more than €120 million in automation for its fresh food at four new distribution centres located in Seville, Valencia, Alicante and Zaragoza. It...
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Amazon offers employees $10,000 to start delivery businesses
Amazon is offering employees $10,000 funding to start a small business owning and operating a package delivery company in the US. The scheme, part of Amazon’s Delivery Service Partner programme, also...
View ArticleRetailers get tough on serial returners
One in five retailers has toughened up their returns policy in the last year in an effort to curb the number of customers over-ordering items knowing they will return the majority of them, research by...
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Amazon introduces click and collect option
Amazon has launched Counter in the UK and Italy that allows customers to collect their Amazon parcels in-store at a partner location such as retail outlets and convenience stores. Counter partners...
View ArticleFree delivery doesn’t increase parcel returns
Retailers that offer free delivery for online purchases do not seem to experience an increase in the number of items returned, according to a study by Whistl. It found that 60 per cent of respondents...
View ArticleM&S lights Fuse to remove excess stock
Marks & Spencer is making use of new tools to help remove excess stock trapped in stores where it does not sell, and holding it centrally, improving availability and making stores easier to shop....
View ArticleSports Direct sells Shirebrook for £120m
Sports Direct has raised £120.05 million from the sale and leaseback of its 1.8m sq ft headquarters and distribution centre at Shirebrook in Derbyshire. The 75-acre site was acquired in an off-market...
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New Amazon DC will have multi-storey for 277 vans
Goodman is building a 12,500 sq m logistics centre for Amazon on a 38,000 sq m site in the Bremen freight village, with a multi-storey car park for 277 delivery vans. Bernd Gschaider, director of...
View ArticleSome logistics companies will become retailers – IGD
Some logistics companies will evolve to become retailers, according to a new study from the IGD in association with The Consumer Goods Forum. The report, Digital Retail Models of the Future, argues...
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The Works extends Europa contract
The Works Stores has extended its contract with Europa’s Air & Sea division, to manage its inbound movements. The Works, a specialist retailers of value books, arts, crafts, toys, gifts and...
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