Supply Chain & Logistics
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Supply Chain News
Waitrose goes mobile with website and app
Waitrose has optimised its website for mobile phones and launched an iPhone app as it seeks to widen the brand’s appeal.
Waitrose hires supply chain director
Waitrose has appointed David Jones as its supply chain director.
M&S’s new DC to slash lead times for furniture
Marks & Spencer’s new state-of-the-art distribution centre, officially opened in Bradford on Tuesday, will slash furniture lead times.
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Marks & Spencer unveils flagship Bradford distribution centre
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Fragrance Shop on better footing as new management drives sales
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Wilkinson full year profits rocket
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Successor Philip Clarke ‘cut from the same cloth’ as fellow Liverpudlian Sir Terry Leahy
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Sir Terry Leahy to retire from Tesco in March 2011 and Philip Clarke to take over
Supply Chain Supplement
Halfords’ distribution centre: Automatic for the people
Halfords’ new distribution centre in Coventry will give the retailer flexibility and provide massive cost savings. Joanna Perry took a tour while the technology was being tested
Supply Chain Summit: The customer is king
The challenges facing supply chains continue, but at the Retail Week Supply Chain Summit retailers agreed the customer is becoming ever more important. Joanna Perry reports
Supply Chain In Depth
Global Supply Chains: From sea to store
The complexity of supply chains has increased significantly as they have become global. Joanne Ellul investigates how technology is being used to manage this and the difference it can make
A sporting chance for supply chain workers
The World Cup represents a chance to help workers in the retail supply chain, says Mark Price
Retail Surgery
The data we receive from suppliers is often incorrect. Is this an industry-wide problem or do we need to push our suppliers much harder on this?
The data we receive from suppliers is often incorrect. Is this an industry-wide problem or do we need to push our suppliers much harder on this?
Our overseas suppliers check our business’ credit worthiness, but should we also look into how able they are to pay their bills?
Our overseas suppliers check our business’ credit worthiness, but should we also look into how able they are to pay their bills?
