Hit by online delivery woes in the peak Christmas season, Marks & Spencer (M&S) reported the 14th consecutive quarter of decline in the general merchandise division sales for the thirteen weeks to December 27, 2014. M&S posted a 5.8 per ...
Tags: food sales, womenswear, Apparel
DFS reports "continued strong momentum" in its latest financial report, covering the 13 weeks ending 1st November 2014. The quarter saw continued momentum in sales and EBITDA for DFS, with group gross sales up 15.3% to £197m (2013 ...
Tags: selling space, Furniture
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has commenced the construction on the company’s new Technology and Logistics Centre at Bognor Regis, UK. The 30,000m2 centre expected to be operational in early 2016, will consolidate current logistics ...
Tags: inbound warehouse, Logistics Centre, Auto
For the nine month period ending October 31, 2014, Spanish apparel marketer, Inditex said its revenues lifted 7 per cent year on year to €12.7 billion. Sales in local currencies in the reporting period were up 10.5 per cent from the ...
Tags: apparel marketer, Net profit, Apparel
Despite an 8.4 per cent hike in sales, £19.8 million rise in costs hit underlying pretax profits by 31.6 per cent at Super Group, a marketer of apparel in the first fiscal half ended October 25, 2014. Super Group which markets the ...
Tags: underlying pretax profits, business acquisitions, Apparel
American fresh produce distributor Castellini Group of Companies has announced plans to invest around $52m in the development of a new large-scale fresh-cut fruits and vegetables processing and produce distribution centre in Conley, ...
Tags: fruits, vegetables, Agriculture
The plastic pots for Simpson’s of Manchester’s Christmas Puddings that are being sold exclusively through Spar supermarkets for the 2014 season have been supplied by RPC Bebo UK. Simpson's which is a family-run business ...
Tags: Packages, Christmas Puddings
Honeywell has launched its hands-free wrist-mounted mobile device for managing the efficiency, productivity and accuracy of warehouse operations like picking, packing and shipping. "Distribution centre operators in Asia Pacific are ...
Tags: mobile device, picking, shipping, Packaging
Gildan Activewear Inc., which is the largest supplier of branded athletic socks in the United States, reported record fourth quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.00, up 20.5 percent compared to last year, but projected a loss for the ...
As distribution centre operators look ahead to stay competitive in 2015 and beyond, Honeywell has announced versatile hands-free wearable technology engineered to drive efficiency, productivity and accuracy inside the four walls of the ...
Major furniture supplier Furniture Link International, owner of the UK brand Wilkinsons Furniture, has rebranded its business to VIDA Living. Group MD Niall Wogan says: “As we were able to more clearly define our business and its ...
Tags: Wilkinsons Furniture, VIDA Living, Furniture
On Cyber Monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year, Amazon revealed its newest generation DC utilizing robotics, cand high-end technology to speed up order delivery times for customers Amazon.com has unveiled its ‘eighth ...
The composite panel cold store solutions provider ISD Solutions is completing work on a new frozen food distribution centre for frozen food retailer Farmfoods. Due to open in November, the 175,000 sq ft facility at Avonmouth, Bristol, ...
Tags: Farmfoods, Frozen Food, Agriculture
Winners of the longest running national awards program in the supply chain, logistics and transport industry have been announced. The Australian Supply Chain & Logistics Awards, run by the SCLAA, have been serving the industry for over ...
Northline, one of Australia’s largest privately-owned logistics operations, has officially started operating from its new $21 million Brisbane transport and logistics facility at Redbank. The new facility, located within the Goodman ...
Tags: logistics operations, Service