newsASOS bounces back quickly from warehouse fire
Online fashion retailer ASOS has re-opened its website and is taking orders after a weekend fire forced the website to close and orders to cease.
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articleMove to goods-to-person
Automated warehousing provider TGW has implemented an integrated logistics solution for Danish multi-label fashion retailer Bestseller.
newsSprinklers ‘probably saved ASOS warehouse from being destroyed’ says Fire Brigade
Fire officers say sprinklers were key to limiting the spread of a major fire at the ASOS warehouse near Barnsley.
articleAutomated returns handling
Mail order businesses are established. Perhaps they can teach online retail firms how to handle returns efficiently? Beumer Group has experience managing returns with both mail order and online retailers.
productDHL to revamp UK operations
The DHL Express division has unveiled a major expansion plan investing £156 million primarily at its East Midlands Airport and Heathrow hubs.
articleSpanish supermarket’s fresh food philosophy
Supermarket Head of Logistics explains how the need for fresh food has driven the installation of an automated order picking solution from Cimcorp.
productArgos warehouse staff strike
About 1,000 warehouse staff employed by Argos at five distribution centres went on strike for 24 hours on Friday, 4 July in a dispute over weekend working.
articleCML invests £400,000 in new fleet from Crown
Core Management Logistics has invested £400,000 in updating half of its fleet of mechanical handling equipment.
article3PL invests in Crown fleet
Core Management Logistics has invested £400,000 in updating half of its fleet of mechanical handling equipment.
articleQuick void fill
Protective packaging manufacturer Sealed Air has launched a low cost inflator for void fill protection.
articleAldi builds big cold store DC
Aldi’s new cold store warehouse and distribution centre at Goldthorpe, near Barnsley, features a single envelope design by ISD Solutions and incorporates high performance insulated panels and a solar PV system from Kingspan.
productSpeedor success in Scunthorpe
Hart Door Systems has installed a Speedor high-speed door system for DHL Nisa Retail at its Scunthorpe logistics facility on the Normanby Enterprise Park.
articleProtect your profits
Retailers who do not invest in automated systems that can accommodate volume growth, reduce costs and ensure smooth supply chain flow will struggle to compete, warns Gordon Smith, CEO of SDI Group.
newsSEKO opens 150k sq ft DC for Omni-channel operations
SEKO Logistics is keeping pace with phenomenal growth in UK retailers’ online sales by investing in a further 152,000 sq ft logistics centre to support its omni-channel services for global fulfilment, delivery management, returns solutions and ecommerce development and design.
productAward winning automated installation
Automation specialist, Swisslog, has been awarded the prestigious Technical Innovation prize at the 2014 UK Warehousing Association Awards, for its AutoStore solution.
articleArgos warehouse worker strike set to escalate
Unite, the union is to escalate industrial action at Argos warehouses in a dispute over weekend working.
articlePlastic quarter pallet launched by CHEP
CHEP has introduced a new generation plastic quarter pallet that is initially being used by more than 1,400 customers in Germany.
articleAutomation is the key to online retail
Automated handling equipment suppliers and the logistics professionals that will design, operate and maintain these systems have an absolutely critical role to play in online retail, says HSS Editor Simon Duddy.
productSorter bag system
A sorter bag system from Dürkopp Fördertechnik has helped a French distributor meet its 48 hour dispatch promise.
articleDedicated eCommerce storage & pick operation
SSI Schaefer has provided NBTY Europe (parent company of Holland & Barrett) with an automated system comprising a two-tier mezzanine and mesh-deck pallet racking to revolutionise its capabilities within the eCommerce market.
