All Supply chain articles – Page 8
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AnalysisAnalysis: Slavery in Leicester – fashion’s dirty, open secret
Ethics and standards in Leicester’s fashion retail supply factories have once again come under the spotlight following allegations of slave labour and blatant disregard for social distancing requirements in the Covid-stricken city.
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Uber Eats and Asda kick off grocery home delivery partnership
Grocer Asda has unveiled a new trial home delivery partnership with Uber Eats to offer customers “greater flexibility and access” to its products.
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Opinion
Opinion: Boohoo should cut ties with Leicester following sweatshop revelations
Online fashion star Boohoo has become too big to countenance links with Leicester factories alleged to operate under Dickensian conditions in flagrant breach of the law.
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Opinion
Fiona Lambert: Leicester must break vicious cycle and restore great fashion factories
With a long career in the fashion and textile industry and living and working in Leicester, I’ve been deeply saddened by the reports that garment manufacturing has potentially had a part to play in the spread of Covid-19 and the extended lockdown.
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Top investors pledge to engage with Boohoo on modern slavery claims
Two of Boohoo’s biggest investors have promised to engage with the online fashion giant over allegations of modern slavery at Leicester clothing factories.
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Tesco seeks supplier discounts as it ratchets up pressure on Aldi
Tesco is demanding deep discounts from suppliers as it seeks to ramp up the pressure on its discount rivals on price.
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Boohoo faces modern slavery allegations at Leicester warehouse
Boohoo has become embroiled in a modern slavery row amid claims that workers at factories in Leicester are being paid as little as £3.50 per hour.
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Ocado capacity constraints will limit M&S customer adoption, Norman cautions
Marks Spencer customers hoping to shop with Ocado when the pair’s joint venture goes fully live in September may not be able to, M S chair Archie Norman has cautioned.
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Analysis
Analysis: Lessons from Leicester on how retail should prepare for local lockdowns
With the prospect of more local lockdowns on the cards, Retail Week explores how retailers can manage and plan for an uncertain future.
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Deep dive
Deep dive: Store closures, DTC and the death of the suit – what next for fashion retail?
No retail category has been hit worse by the coronavirus outbreak than fashion. The pandemic has not only upended supply chains – it has obliterated consumer demand. Retail Week looks at the future for this embattled retail sector.
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Updated: Ocado launches £1bn fund raise to capitalise on online shift
Ocado has launched an ambitious bid to raise £1bn in fresh funding to help it capitalise on the “significant acceleration” in online shopping during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Deep dive
Deep dive: How Covid-19 has changed grocery retail forever
Coronavirus brought unprecedented demand for grocery retailers, but it has also dramatically changed how we buy and consume food. Retail Week looks into which new shopping behaviours and trends will be here to stay once the pandemic subsides
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Analysis
Analysis: Never waste a crisis – how coronavirus galvanised retail
In the space of a few months, Britain and its retailers have been plunged into a crisis the scale of which few would ever have imagined.
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News
Morrisons extends small suppliers immediate payments pledge
Morrisons is extending its pledge to make immediate payments to small suppliers for a further three months to help them through the coronavirus crisis.
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Co-op expands robot delivery service to meet doubling demand
The Co-op has expanded its robot delivery service in and around Milton Keynes to meet increased customer demand.
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Analysis
Analysis: Will Ted Baker’s new ‘growth formula’ put it back in fashion?
After enduring a torrid 2019 marred by numerous profit warnings and seismic change at management level, Ted Baker has unveiled a new strategy designed to take the business forward. Retail Week analyses whether it will be enough to return the fashion brand to its former glories
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Analysis
Analysis: How fashion retailers can offload £15bn of old stock without huge Sales
With non-essential retail stores just weeks away from reopening their doors, many retailers now have to contend with the excess out-of-season stock that has piled up in both stores and warehouses.
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News
EWM owner Day accused of taking ‘undue advantage’ of clothing workers
Philip Day has been accused by Bangladeshi clothing manufacturers of taking “undue advantage” of coronavirus to cease payments on millions of pounds worth of stock.
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High street fashion ‘mystery boxes’ sold to help factory workers
Fashion app start-up Mallzee has launched a mystery clothing box service, Lost Stock, selling well-known fashion brands to help tackle the issue of cancelled stock and its impact on Bangladeshi workers.
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Opinion
Opinion: No-deal Brexit would be a greater challenge for grocers than coronavirus
UK grocers and the food supply chain have stood tall and fed the nation during the coronavirus pandemic, but a no-deal Brexit in January could be a crisis too far.
