John Lewis has announced that it will open a second Distribution Centre (DC) at Magna Park in Milton Keynes, to fulfil orders both from the retailer's online business and to its 39 shops around the UK. John Lewis has signed a 30-year ...
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US snack manufacturer Snyder's-Lance is to close its bakery facility in Ontario as part of a company-wide review. In a statement yesterday (25 February), the firm said its plant in Cambridge will close on 17 May. The company did not say ...
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Morrisons, the UK's fourth-largest grocer, has snapped up 49 former Blockbusters stores as it continues to expand its fledgling network of convenience outlets. The deal, struck for an undisclosed sum, follows Morrisons' move earlier this ...
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Gildan Activewear Inc announced record results for the first quarter of a fiscal year, which was slightly in excess of the guidance range which it had previously provided, and reconfirmed its earnings guidance for fiscal 2013 which it had ...
Thorn Lighting Ltd, a subsidiary of the Austrian company Zumtobel Group, is a global supplier of both outdoor and indoor luminaires and integrated controls. Thorn was founded when Sir Jules Thorn started The Electric Lamp Service Company ...
Corrugated group Rigid Containers has revealed multi-million pound plans to open a third UK site this April The facility, in Wellington, Somerset, will initially open as a distribution centre but will, over the course of the year, be ...
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Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores has revealed expansion plans for its Canada division that will see it invest US$450m in supercentre and distribution facility projects. Outlining the plans today (22 January), Wal-Mart said it is planning 37 ...
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Walmart Canada announced that it plans to complete at least 37 supercentre projects in the company's next fiscal year, which runs from February 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014. The company also announced it will be expanding its distribution ...
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Intermec has released its CK3 ‘Next Generation Series’ of rugged mobile computers, claiming one of the industry’s highest performing mobile computing options to date. For use in distribution centre, manufacturing and ...
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Waitrose has put 420 jobs at risk by ending one of its distribution contracts with logistics firm Kuehne + Nagel. Waitrose has put 420 jobs at risk The global logistics firm employs the 420 workers on lease to Waitrose at its centre ...
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Marks and Spencer group Plc released its quarter 3 2012/13 interim management statements 13 weeks to 29 DECEMBER 2012 - Group sales +0.6% - Total UK sales +0.3% - Like for like UK sales -1.8% - Multi-channel sales +10.8% - International ...
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Former RBS payment processing division WorldPay will reach a major IT milestone this month on its journey to stand on its own after it was sold in 2010. In December 2010, Advent International and Bain Capital acquired WorldPay for over ...
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Asda is deploying software from Manhattan Associates to support the future growth of its general merchandise e-commerce operation Asda Direct. Asda will deploy the software in several distribution centres across the UK where Asda Direct ...
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Every August, swathes of tourists head north of the border to check out the sights and sounds of Edinburgh, with some claiming the population of the Scottish capital doubles for the month. Visitors see numerous cultural activities taking ...
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Gildan Activewear Inc., the Montreal-based basic apparel manufacturer, is planning to set up a textile plant in North Carolina’s Rowan County. The company plans to revamp a shuttered 400,000-square-foot facility, owned by ...
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