All Supply chain articles – Page 69
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NewsSpar supplier AF Blakemore to sell wholesale division
Spar’s biggest supplier AF Blakemore is selling its wholesale division following a strategic review of the business.
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AnalysisWill autonomous cars drive next big retail shift?
Driverless cars are expected to be on Britain’s roads in just three years’ time. How could they impact retail?
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OpinionOpinion: Investing in responsibility on the roads
Hermes UK head of client and network distribution looks at the importance of driver behaviour training to ensure safety and efficiency on the roads.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Can retailers make money from the last mile?
As an ever greater proportion of consumer spending shifts online, cracking the code to making delivery profitable becomes more crucial.
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NewsRetailers face ‘£8bn bill’ in event of hard Brexit
Retailers could be hit with a “debilitating” £8bn spike in the cost of consumer goods if the UK fails to strike a deal with the EU.
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AnalysisBlockchain: What the technology means for you
Blockchain technology is set to transform supply chains, ensuring validity of transactions, protecting data, reducing costs and vastly improving transparency.
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Report StoreBlockchain – The Future of the Supply Chain
How tech will revolutionise transparency throughout retail
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NewsM&S hires food supply chain guru Lawrence Christensen
Marks & Spencer has recruited grocery supply chain expert Lawrence Christensen as an independent adviser.
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NewsCo-op apologises after IT issue disrupts deliveries
The Co-op has been forced to apologise to customers after an IT issue at one of its depots scuppered deliveries to a host of stores.
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AnalysisMorrisons: The future's bright, the future's British
Just over a year ago Morrisons lifted the lid on plans to ramp up its provenance push.
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NewsCo-op acts over supplier mistreatment claims
The Co-op has acknowledged poor treatment of some suppliers and is acting to address the issue.
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AnalysisPodcast: Retailers must prepare for a data-driven future
Artificial intelligence and machine learning will be critical to delivering on customer experience expectations in the future.
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OpinionWhat the weather forecast reveals about shopping habits
Hermes head of customer services and customer experience Catherine Lindsay explores how the weather affects UK retailers and their home delivery partners.
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NewsVitabiotics boss: We need a retailer-supplier reboot
Vitabiotics chief executive and Dragons Den star Tej Lalvani has called for a “retailer-supplier relationship reboot”.
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VideoWatch: Ocado's Clarke on how AI will overhaul retail
Ocado chief technology officer Paul Clarke discusses the need for AI strategies as customers become accustomed to cloud-enabled convenience.
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VideoWatch: Tesco's Tarry on supplier-retailer relationships
Tesco executive Jason Tarry discusses how retailers and suppliers can work more closely together, particularly following its acquisition of Booker.
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AnalysisWarehousing trends: Robots, wage wars and the race for space
Every part of a logistics network needs to work harder than ever before, as the shift to online spending continues.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Tesco’s Tarry shrugs off D2C threat
Tesco chief product officer Jason Tarry has shrugged off the threat that the emerging direct-to-consumer trend could pose to grocery retailers.
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OpinionOpinion: Should retailers open the returns window?
US retailer L.L. Bean faced a backlash when it dropped its lifetime returns guarantee. Should retailers be offering a more generous returns window?
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OpinionThe KFC chicken crisis: What can retailers learn?
When KFC inked a new supply chain deal last October, new partner DHL vowed to “rewrite the rule book and set a new benchmark” in food delivery.