2020 has been a tough year for all businesses, but the retail sector has taken an especially hard hit. With a vaccine expected imminently, 2021 brings fresh hope for the embattled retail industry, but the continued rise of ecommerce means that many of the challenges faced this year will likely be here to stay in the longer-term.
2020 has been an extremely turbulent year, with the public, businesses and the supply chains that serve them feeling the effects. But how will the fallout affect the supply chain in the months to come, asks John Perry?
2020 will be forever remembered as the year that Coronavirus shook the nation, and a year dominated by Brexit headlines over whether or not the UK will secure a trade deal with the EU.
Hyundai Motor Group will acquire a controlling interest in advanced robotics firm Boston Dynamics, valued at $1.1 billion.
The DC will handle a huge range of products across all temperature zones.
Active Ants has selected 60 GreyMatter-directed robots from GreyOrange for its new e-fulfillment centre.
Qimarox has launched an automatic stacker for loaded pallets – the Prorunner mk10-PS.
Operators at the organic farming and dairy company are feeling less strain due to the arrival of a fleet of Mitsubishi PBPL hand pallet trucks.
The series from Hyundai Material Handling is said to feature a range of ‘smart’ features and offer an industry-leading standard warranty.
BS Handling Systems has increased throughput and productivity for Ted Baker by automating order processing at its warehouse in Derby.
The network will consist of exclusive distributors (EDs) who will have exclusivity for new truck sales and defined service in certain areas.
RM Educational Resources has awarded a contract to Swisslog to kit out its new East Midlands warehouse with warehouse automation and software.
If the trials and tribulations of 2020 have taught the handling and storage sector one thing, it’s that supply chain collaboration is a vital component of resilience, David Howorth.
Faced with mounting challenges, Louisa Hosegood asks how should businesses adapt their urban warehousing to meet rocketing eComm order volumes?
The pandemic is pushing people towards online shopping this Christmas, with companies adapting. For example, Royal Mail is hiring 33,000 extra temporary workers to help cope with the demand of parcels from online purchases.
AUTAA, a corporation specialised in industrial services for lifting and transporting heavy loads, transportation of production tools, stock management and storage, has had a new warehouse fitted with AR Racking storage systems.
When Ball Packaging needed a fully automated waste material conveying and bale handling solution it implemented a solution created by Impact Air Systems, Kawasaki Robotics and LAC Conveyors.
With the UK’s online grocery market set to reach a value of £17 billion, opportunities exist for businesses willing to adapt to and embrace this change. James Hurrell talks about why dark stores and a new approach to eCommerce offerings are essential for the ‘new normal’.
SEC Storage has designed and installed a future proof, multi-tier picking structure solution at Focus International providing a 40% increase in storage capacity.
Doosan has launched the NXE electric Series – a versatile range of four-wheel electric counterbalance forklift trucks suited to the needs of the small-to-medium size enterprise (SME), or where occasional usage or light duties are the norm.
Western Business Media,
Dorset House, 64 High Street,
East Grinstead, RH19 3DE
01342 314 300
[email protected]
© Western Business Media, 2026. All rights reserved.
