Internet grocery company Ocado has short listed five sites for its new 400,000 sq ft bespoke RDC including IM Properties Birch Coppice in the West Midlands.
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Asda is set to work much more closely with parent company Walmart on sourcing products globally
Online shopping is growing – but when will home delivery services bring customer satisfaction?
Some of the cleverest technology in the supply chain is going into multi-channel retailing. But at the end of the process someone has to deliver the goods to the customer’s home. And that last few feet is where the biggest problems lie.
Steve Knights has joined Knapp UK as business development manager for integrated projects based the Long Crendon in Buckinghamshire.
Unipart Logistics has appointed Sharon Thomas managing director of Unipart Consumer Logistics. She joins from Woolworths where she was director of supply chain.
The posters in the high street say it all: “half-price sale”, “up to 70 per cent off”, “extra discount today”. As the “credit crunch” continues to bite, discretionary spending plummets and sales at discounters soar. How is the current downturn hitting ret
As online retail sales gain significance hitherto unheard of, reaching 5.2 per cent of all retail sales in 2007, e-fulfilment is no longer an issue that can be ignored. For many high street brands online sales are now critical to overall profitability. Ju
Retailers are rightly concerned about that last mile in the home delivery process, and how their goods arrive on our doorsteps.
Building a greener supply chain is not easy with conflicting views on carbon offsetting, food miles and biofuels. Technology can help – but so can a radical review of accepted practices.
