Supply Chain & Logistics
News about retail supply chain management
Supply Chain In Depth
Suppliers and retailers: The difference between partnership and confrontation
Suppliers are exerting an increasing influence over retailers. Alex Lawson explores what makes the difference between partnership and confrontation.
Retail Week Supply Chain Summit: What are the key issues for retailers?
Sophisticated collaboration with suppliers, the challenges of omnichannel consumer behaviour and rising scale and complexity of operations were recurring issues discussed at this years Retail Week Supply Chain Summit.
Quotes of the day from the Retail Week Supply Chain Summit
Supply chain leaders on the big issues they face.
Solving the supply chain dilemma
Should online and store stock be managed from one place, or is it best to separate the two? Rachael Revesz looks at developing a supply chain.
London 2012 Olympics: The final countdown
The London 2012 Olympics are in sight and soon parts of the UK will be busy with sports-loving visitors. Rebecca Thomson reveals what retailers need to do to capitalise and score a podium finish.
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Analysis: Warming up shoppers to the new Tesco
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Q&A: George Weston, chief executive of Primark owner ABF
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Analysis: SuperGroup’s new managers must solve its maths problems
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Analysis: Marks & Spencer's buying slip-up
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Retail Week Supply Chain Summit: Chain reactions
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Driving logistics efficiency
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SuperGroup: Can new appointments banish the glitches?
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Analysis: Morrisons boss Dalton Philips’ ‘killer concept’
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The world’s most innovative technology
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Video: A day in the life of an Asos package
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A safe passage to India
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Retail Week Conference 2012: What topics will be covered?
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Plan for overseas growth
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Averting warehouse disasters
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On the road to success
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Retail Surgery
How can retailers keep pace with increasing consumer demands?
How can retailers keep pace with consumer demand for product variety and availability, competitive pricing and flexibile delivery time slots?
What should I be looking for from our ideal supplier?
I have been asked to run the selection process for a third-party logistics partner for our retail business. What should I be looking for from our ideal supplier?
Digital edition
Boots’ success lies in keeping up with change
Alliance Boots’ double-digit growth in sales and trading profit is an achievement chairman and co-owner Stefano Pessina and his team will be proud of.
Supply Chain News
Charlie Mayfield: We need to focus on capability
Retailers need to equip their staff with the right skills enabling them to tackle the uncertain future, John Lewis chief executive Charlie Mayfield believes.
Lloydspharmacy loses two more chiefs
Chief commercial officer Steve Gray and supply chain and business efficiency director Philip Streatfield have left Lloydspharmacy, just months after its managing director quit the business after less than a year in the role.
Jaeger puts 80 more jobs under consultation
Rescued fashion retailer Jaeger has extended its consultation to include another 80 jobs on top of the 25 head office roles already under threat.
