SAP launches merchandise planning application
SAP has launched Merchandise Planning for Retail, an application to enable retailers to plan more easily for sales, margin and inventory. The retail planning application runs on the SAP Customer...
View ArticlePrimark to open 1.1m DC this summer
Primark expects to open its new 1.1 million sq ft distribution centre at Islip in Northamptonshire in the summer. The warehouse is currently under construction. Once it is completed, operations will be...
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Tesco Christmas sales beat expectations
Tesco Group’s like-for-like sales were up 2.1 per cent for the Christmas period, the retailer said in its trading statement. UK like-for-like sales growth was 1.3 per cent for the period, which covers...
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Argos trials regional hub and spoke network
Argos is extending its hub and spoke distribution concept with a trials of a regional hub, parent Home Retail Group said in its latest trading statement. The system currently supports around 20,000...
View ArticleNectar chooses Paragon
Drinks supplier Nectar Imports has chosen to use Paragon routing and scheduling software to manage its delivery operations. “With seasonal variations and order volumes influenced by trade in...
View ArticleASOS becomes second customer for Pass My Parcel
ASOS has become the second customer for the Connect Group’s Pass My Parcel service which was launched in October 2014 with Amazon as the first client. The click and collect service for ASOS will be...
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Wesfarmers to buy Homebase
Home Retail Group has agreed to sell Homebase for £340 million to Wesfarmers, which already owns the Bunnings DIY chain in Australia. Bunnings managing director John Gillam said: “The acquisition is...
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John Lewis recruits for third Milton Keynes DC
John Lewis has launched a recruitment drive for 60 jobs at the retailer’s third distribution centre to open at Magna Park in Milton Keynes. The DC will mainly handle large electricals, furniture and...
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The Range plans 1.2m sq ft Bristol DC
The Range, the homewares retailer, has bought a 55 acre site at Central Park, Bristol where plans to construct a single unit of over 1.2 million square feet, as its new South of England distribution...
View ArticleiForce has 57.8 pc growth in 2015
iForce says it had record-breaking year-on-year growth of 57.8 per cent in the number of items it picked for customers of its retail clients last year. During peak trading, items ordered online were up...
View ArticleAmazon plans to create thousands more jobs in Europe
Amazon created upwards of 10,000 new permanent European jobs in 2015 – making it a “record year” for job creation. The online retailer aims to create “several thousand more new jobs” this year....
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Aydya appoints Walker Logistics
Retail company Aydya has appointed Berkshire-based Walker Logistics to ‘bolster its growing retail sales operation’. The contract will be operating Walker’s 200,000 sq ft warehouse just outside...
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Argos chooses Cognito iQ
Retailer Argos has chosen cloud-based technology by Cognito iQ to power the delivery intelligence for its Fast Track delivery service across the UK and Ireland. “We are the only retailer able to offer...
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Amazon ‘Prime Now’ hits Liverpool
Amazon’s ‘Prime Now’ service, which delivers items one hour after ordering, is now available in selected areas in Liverpool. For Knotty Ash, Stoneycroft and Garston there will be a one-hour service on...
View ArticleOcado appoints Andrew Harrison
Online supermarket retailer Ocado has appointed Andrew Harrison, deputy chief executive officer of Dixons Carphone, as an independent non-executive director of the company. This appointment came as...
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Furla chooses TXT Retail
Italian fashion company Furla has chosen TXT Retail software, in partnership with professional service firm Deloitte, to plan and execute its ‘lifestyle strategy worldwide’. “We were looking for a...
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Compass and DHL set to disrupt foodservice market
Compass Group UK & Ireland and DHL Supply Chain have formed a partnership which they describe as a major “disruptor” in the foodservice market. The collaboration will target customers in the public...
View ArticleHovis chooses TrueCommerce
In an exclusive Logistics Manager can reveal that Hovis Ltd has chosen TrueCommerce to handle its Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) requirements. The new system has simplified Hovis’ EDI footprint so...
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Co-op drivers to ballot after planned Stobart transfer
The Co-operative group is transferring around 50 of its drivers in Coventry to haulier Eddie Stobart. The transfer plans have prompted a consultative ballot of 1,000 Co-op drivers for industrial...
View ArticleCo-op moves to reassure drivers
The Co-operative Food has written to all its 1,000 UK drivers to reassure them about its plans after receiving notification from Unite that it intends calling a ballot over a proposal to outsource...
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