Aldi Christmas sales hit £1bn
Sales at discount retailer Aldi in the four weeks leading up to Christmas topped £1 billion for the first time in 2019; up 7.9% year-on-year. Aldi said that total sales of beers, wine and spirits...
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Editor’s Blog: The micro-fulfilment warehouse needs to be given a chance
As headlines go, I would hope that “Jeremy Corbyn blasts Ocado delivery hub proposal” will get a few people to take a look. We’ve all had a period of time to form our own opinions on the right...
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“Challenging” Christmas trading at Morrisons
Big four supermarket Morrisons said that its Christmas trading had been “challenging” with a 1.7% drop in sales, despite competitive pricing on key items. For the first 22 weeks of the second half of...
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Discounters make gains as UK supermarket growth slows
Monday 23 December was the largest shopping day ever recorded in the UK, according to the latest figures from Kantar, when £798 million of goods were sold. Retailers saw £29.3 billion go through the...
View ArticleFifth of Christmas trading at Sainsbury’s Argos conducted online
Over 20% of Christmas trading at Sainsbury’s Argos was conducted online, but the retailer saw total retail sales drop 0.7% in the 15 weeks to 4 January. While in-store groceries grew by 0.4%, online...
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‘One-off’ food supply chain issues stall Christmas at Marks & Spencer
Marks & Spencer continued to cite supply chain issues – this time in its food business – as like-for-like sales increased by 0.2% during Christmas trading. Total UK turnover for its third quarter...
View ArticleWaitrose online orders up as sales fall at John Lewis
Online grocery orders boomed at Waitrose, up 23.4%, as John Lewis and Partners said it performed strongly operationally in the run up to Christmas. Gross sales at John Lewis Partnership were down 1.8%...
View ArticleTesco sales continue to grow in “subdued” UK
Tesco saw its fifth consecutive year of Christmas trading growth, despite what its outgoing chief executive Dave Lewis described as a “subdued UK market”. For the 19 weeks-ending 4 January,...
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BRC chief: 2019 was “worst year on record”
British Retail Consortium chief executive Helen Dickinson has described 2019 as the “worst year on record” as it was the first to show an overall decline in retail sales. The BRC said that total retail...
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Stock shortages hit Superdry as profit tumbles
Superdry blamed shortages of better selling products, rivals’ promotional activity and subdued Christmas spending for a 15.8% year-on-year fall in Christmas and Black Friday trading. For the 10 weeks...
View ArticleLidl Christmas sales up 11%
Lidl UK said its overall sales increased by 11% year-on-year over the Christmas period. It cited the latest figures from Kantar WorldPanel, which said that customers switched £110m worth of spending...
View ArticleJoules outsources UK logistics to unnamed 3PL
Joules has chosen an unnamed 3PL to operate its UK logistics operations after a Christmas that saw stock availability issues hit e-commerce conversions. The mystery 3PL will also be responsible for...
View ArticleJoules signs five-year contract with Clipper Logistics
Clipper Logistics has been revealed as the unnamed 3PL that will provided fully-outsourced logistics services to retailer Joules. Joules said on Friday (10 January) that it had chosen a then unnamed...
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Yodel chief targets change in customer perceptions
Yodel has said that it used Christmas peak 2019 as an opportunity to change perceptions around the business, both from a retailer and end-customer perspective. Speaking to Logistics Manager Mike...
View ArticleSun Capital backs out of Clipper Logistics bid
A private equity bid for Clipper Logistics has stalled after Sun Capital said it would not be making an offer for the business. LSE listed Clipper said in November it had received a preliminary...
View ArticleWincanton secures kitchen and bathroom contract with Wickes
Wincanton has secured a contract with Wickes for home delivery of kitchen and bathroom products across south west England, the Midlands and parts of Wales. Items will be loaded onto final delivery...
View ArticleE-commerce companies take quarter of all warehouse space in 2019
Dedicated e-commerce companies took 25% of all floorspace let and sold in the UK in 2019, according to research by JLL. Ed Cole, head of logistics, JLL said: “Retailers continued to drive demand in...
View ArticleHaselhurst joins Dixons Carphone as chief supply chain officer
Dixons Carphone has appointed former Kingfisher global supply and logistics director Lindsay Haselhurst as chief supply chain officer. Before her role at Kingfisher, Haselhurst was supply chain and...
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Editor’s Blog: How traditional retailers can beat e-commerce rivals…
Retailers are big and heavy, goes the argument. They have bricks and motor infrastructure, they have old, legacy logistics networks. They can’t keep up with the agile online retailers…. Dedicated...
View ArticleDeloitte review finds £58m worth of excess inventory at Ted Baker
Ted Baker says it has overstated the value of its inventory by £58 million – some £33 million higher than it previously anticipated. The retailer appointed Deloitte last month to undertake a...
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