IGD predicts 5 retail trends for 2019
IGD has predicted that 2019’s global retail trends will include data, sustainability, seamless shopping experience and a surge in shopping opportunities to be available anywhere, anytime.
IGD has predicted that 2019’s global retail trends will include data, sustainability, seamless shopping experience and a surge in shopping opportunities to be available anywhere, anytime.
Fashion retailer Superdry has partnered with delivery management software company Consignor to better manage its global delivery network and drive efficiency.
Swedish fashion chain Lindex has chosen DHL Global Forwarding to handle all its all freight operations.
Sales at online fashion retailer ASOS rose 26 per cent to £2.36 billion last year as the company started to reap the benefits of its investment in its fulfilment facilities internationally.
Fast Retailing, the company behind fashion brand Uniqlo, has formed a partnership with Daifuku aimed at establishing comprehensive logistics services over the medium to long term.
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has written to the chief executives of the UK’s ten leading fashion retailers asking what action they are taking reduce the environmental and social impact of the clothes and shoes they sell.
Fashion retailer Next could pay an extra £20 million in duty after the UK leaves the European Union, the company has calculated. However, it says that the biggest risk to its business is from delays at the ports.
Swedish fashion retailer H&M saw sales rise 3 per cent to SEK 178,817 m in the first nine months, despite problems with the implementation of new logistics systems that affected sales in a number of major markets. However, profit after financial items fell to SEK 11,287m from SEK 15,936m the year before.
Primark is expanding its Sustainable Cotton Programme into Pakistan, a year after the launch of its first range of cotton products using sustainable cotton grown by independent farmers in Gujarat, Northern India.
Jeans-maker Levi Strauss is creating a consolidated Product, Innovation & Supply Chain organisation, which it says will further integrate supply chain into the consumer journey.