Tackling the changing nature of retail with a well-prepared supply chain
By Ian Stone, CEO, Vuealta Debenhams, House of Fraser, Arcadia – these are just a handful of once-reliable High Street retailers and brand groups who now find themselves battling for their place on Britain’s high streets. With shops closing at a rate of 14 a day, traditional high-street players are now facing unprecedented levels of competition […]
GUEST BLOG: Data holds the key to food sustainability
A raft of new sustainability and food wastage initiatives is undoubtedly focusing the attention of food service and hospitality providers. Otherwise wasted food from kitchens is increasingly being repurposed by a number of great charities, which is a great start but should not distract from the bigger issues within the end to end food production […]
Some logistics firms ‘will evolve to become retailers’
Some logistics companies will evolve to become retailers as the first standardised wave of ecommerce fragments in a variety of creative new ways to sell and add value. That’s according to a new report from IGD, in association with The Consumer Goods Forum. Looking at how companies can respond to this change and how businesses […]
Retail woes ‘increase supply chain risk’
A new report suggests that growing pressure on the retail sector could increase risk-taking in the supply chain, resulting in further store closures and collapse of well-known brands. The analysis, published by Cranfield School of Management and Dun & Bradsheet: ‘Global Supply Chain Risk Report,’ cites the fact more than 7,500 stores closed in 2018, […]
Are retailers waking up to the supply chain visibility imperative?
By Amir Harel, General Manager of Visibility Solutions, Zetes Customer demands are a significant contributor to the added complexity, cost and waste, that retailers are seeing in their supply chains. As companies cite more flexible returns, faster delivery and real time delivery updates as the key causes, new research from retail decision makers reinforces the undisputed need […]
Retailers warn over ‘no deal’ Brexit food supply chain risks
Sainsbury’s, Asda, Waitrose and M&S are among UK retailers to have warned about the devastating impact a so-called ‘no deal’ Brexit will have on food security and supply in the UK. In an open letter to MPs, send by the British Retail Consortium trade body, the CEOs of the country’s biggest food retailers called on […]
