Retail Solutions - Littlewoods picks Kewill's supply chain solution

Littlewoods Stores has invested in a supply chain management system from Kewill.

Littlewoods, which has 120 eponymous stores and 69 separate Index catalogue shops, will use the system to exchange supply chain data with its 870- strong supplier community.

The contract is part of a strategy being adopted by the retailer to move its suppliers from paper to electronic communications. The system, called Kewill Trade, will be managed remotely by the supplier from its data centre in Manchester.

The investment follows a contract with Kewill struck by Littlewoods Home Shopping earlier in the year.