Many of the UK’s leading retailers are planning to launch same-day and two-hour delivery services in the next eighteen months in response to growing customer demand for shorter order-to-delivery cycle times, according to a survey of retailers by Manhattan
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German food retailer REWE has chosen Witron to design and supply the storage and handling systems for its giant national distribution centre for slow moving goods at Neu Isenburg near Frankfurt.
Toy retailer The Entertainer has chosen City Link to handle the majority of its tracked parcels.
German retailer EDEKA Nord, has awarded Witron its contract to design and implement an automated 323,000 sq ft logistics facility at its Zarrentin site
Frozen food retailer Frozen Value has taken a 65,036 sq ft warehouse at F&C REIT’s Dearne Mills scheme in Darton near Barnsley
A quarter of UK adults would be unlikely to give a retailer a second chance if they received an incorrect or damaged product, according to a YouGov survey for Norbert Dentressangle
Express operator DPD is to invest £175m to build a new hub in the East Midlands and expand capacity at its other sites to match online retail growth
CitySprint is targeting the retail market with “MyTime” which provides specific delivery options, within a one-hour time window
Fashion retailers must adopt a new approach to managing their supply chains, or risk being saddled with debt mountains, caused by immovable stock, according to management consultants KPMG.
Internet shoppers in the UK are spending some £3,253 million each year on deliveries, which is about £136 per household, but believe the price is worth it, according to research by OnePoll, commissioned by Trimble
