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Rex Brown to roll-out modular sortation robots
GreyOrange is to supply a fleet of modular sortation robots to UK-based e-commerce specialist Rex Brown. The sourcing, branding and distribution specialist has chosen the GreyOrange Ranger Mobile Sort,...
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Sainsbury’s sees fundamental shift online
Sainsbury’s has seen its business change “fundamentally” during lockdown, with digital sales more than doubling in recent weeks. Overall grocery sales at the second largest supermarket in the UK were...
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Interroll targets omni-channel fashion with “scalable” offering
Omni-channel fashion logistics operations are looking for easy to install, modular and scalable infrastructure in order to cope with multiple demand peaks and the easing of lockdown restrictions,...
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Warehouse take-up set to surpass ten-year average
New research from Cushman & Wakefield shows that overall take-up for 2020 is expected to surpass the 10-year average of 33 million sq ft. The company said that there was a further 16 million sq ft...
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Sports Direct snaps up Sheffield warehouse for designer brands
Sports Direct has taken Clearbell Property Partners’ 390,000 sq ft warehouse at Sheffield Parkway, South Yorkshire. The sports retailer has secured a five year lease and will use the property as a...
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DPD takes on former DHL warehouse in Leeds
Parcel delivery firm DPD as taken take a 25,000 sq ft warehouse in Gildersome, Leeds. The company has secured a ten year lease on the property known as Express House. The facility underwent a major...
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Covid impact changes operational model for UK Flooring Direct and Menzies...
Wood and laminate floor retailer UK Flooring has revealed it had to redesign the entire proposition behind its customer delivery contract with Menzies Distribution during lockdown. Within a week of the...
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Grade A warehouse space availability drops 7% as e-commerce drives demand
There is 7% less warehouse space available to industrial and logistics occupiers in the UK than there was this time last year with e-commerce fulfilment driving take-up levels. According to JLL’s...
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AMH wins multi-million pound e-commerce contract with Asda
AMH Material Handling has won a multi-million pound contract with Asda to fit its north-east clothing depot in Washington, Tyne and Wear. The contract will see AMH expand and convert the current retail...
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‘The world has changed’ says Ocado as sales rise 27%
Ocado has said that customers will not be going back to pre-Covid-19 shopping behaviours and the sector should expect to see the continued growth of online grocery retail. The comments come after Ocado...
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Logistics Manager Analysis: Are fashion supply chains unravelling?
With stores closed and consumers in lockdown, e-commerce alone has not been able to relieve the pressure on the high-turnover world of fashion. Can supply chains adjust to life without the latest...
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James and James Fulfilment boost reverse logistics service for e-commerce
James and James Fulfilment has expanded its returns service for independent e-commerce retailers. Through the expanded service, retailers can choose to provide prepaid postage, meaning consumers can...
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Commons Committee disputes BooHoo supply chain claims
Chairman of the Environmental Audit Committee Philip Dunne MP has written to BooHoo chief executive John Little to dispute a claim from the e-commerce fashion retailer that it was not aware of working...
View ArticleUPS launches Saturday service amid e-commerce order surge
UPS is to launch a Saturday service in eight European countries later this month, following a surge in e-commerce during lockdown. The service will apply to the UK, Germany, France, Netherlands,...
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Ted Baker cuts supplier base and tightens stock buying cycle
Ted Baker has reduced the number of suppliers in its supply chain by a third, as it looks to concentrate negotiating power and buying efficiencies. In a statement to investors the fashion retailer said...
View ArticleE-commerce driving global warehousing take-up, says GLP
E-commerce lettings make up 40% of international developer GLP’s portfolio, a proportional rise of 15 percentage points since 2015. The revelation comes as GLP, which acquired industrial developer...
View ArticleOcado signs 10-year lease for south London spoke hub
Ocado has taken a warehouse formerly occupied by DIY retailer Homebase on Merton Trade Park, south London, as a spoke hub for its distribution network in the capital. Ocado has taken a 10-year lease on...
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