All Supply chain articles – Page 99
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NewsMinisters urge grocers to improve labelling of dairy goods
Environment secretary Elizabeth Truss has called on retailers to introduce clearer labelling on their products.
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OpinionBlog: Supermarket milk prices are not only a moral issue
Whether the milk crisis is moral or material, have Morrisons taken the right tactic in letting consumers decide?
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NewsAldi follows grocery rival Asda with pledge to pay more to milk suppliers
Aldi has set a new minimum price that it will pay dairy farmers for milk sold in its stores in a show of “support for the sector.”
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NewsAsda vows to pay milk supplier more as it aims to help farmers
Asda will up the amount it pays its milk supplier as the retailer aims to act “in the best interests of farmers and customers”.
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VideoWatch: Consumers react to the supermarket milk pricing crisis
As Morrisons launches a more expensive brand of milk to support dairy farmers, consumers told us whether or not they would be willing to pay extra.
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AnalysisStart-up of the week: Supplier offers and rating website Venstr
Start-ups in retail technology are growing and Retail Week is highlighting some of the best. This week Veeqo is in the spotlight.
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OpinionNeil Saunders: Why supermarkets aren't to blame for the UK milk crisis
As much as the UK’s big grocers make for popular villains, the milk crisis is not one of their causing – it is a story of supply and demand.
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NewsMorrisons to launch more expensive brand of milk to support dairy farmers
Morrisons has launched a new brand of milk offering customers the choice to pay more per litre to support dairy famers.
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VideoWatch: Doddle's new next-day delivery app put through its paces
Doddle has launched a service that will collect parcels for delivery from a consumer’s location. We test-drive the scheme.
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NewsAlibaba acquires 20% stake in electricals retailer Suning in £2.9bn deal
Chinese etail giant Alibaba is investing $4.6bn (£2.9bn) in electronics chain Suning, one of the country’s largest bricks-and-mortar retailers.
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AnalysisStart-up of the week: Inventory management platform Veeqo
Start-ups in retail technology are growing and Retail Week is highlighting some of the best. This week Veeqo is in the spotlight.
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OpinionBlog: Preparation is key when planning for an extended peak
Retailers and carriers should already be into their peak planning, and need to understand it now starts earlier than ever before, says Hermes sales and marketing director Mark Pettit
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NewsMorrisons warehouse blockaded by farmers as milk price protests escalate
Protests over the price of milk in supermarkets escalated last night as farmers blockaded Morrisons’ Somerset distribution centre.
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NewsArcadia forces clothing suppliers to give it a greater discount
Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia fashion group is poised to impose tougher payment terms on its clothing suppliers from the end of August.
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OpinionBlog: More woe on the horizon for UK's food suppliers
The major supermarkets’ decision to take food manufacturing in-house could lead to a tidal wave of closures for food suppliers.
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OpinionComment: Agile supply chains are essential to retailer profitability
Changing patterns in shopping behaviour have challenged retailers to rethink supply chains or face the prospect of diminishing profits.
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OpinionComment: Do the opposite of Amazon if you want to compete with it
All retailers should take note of Amazon’s symbolic eclipse of Walmart to become the world’s biggest retailer by market capitalisation.
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NewsAmazon calls for creation of separate air space for delivery drones
Online retail giant Amazon has called for a separate air space zone to be created to allow drone flights to deliver goods to customers.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How science from Cern is colliding with retail to crack big data
Cern is the birthplace of technology that has changed the face of retail and now another of its alumni hopes to usher in the next revolution.
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VideoWatch: How the Hadron Collider will cause a quantum leap in retail
Professor Michael Feindt explains how tech from Cern will kick-start dynamic pricing and remove gut feeling from 99% of operational decisions.