All Logistics articles – Page 16
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News
Just Eat to create 1,500 customer service jobs in UK
Just Eat’s new staff will be based in recently opened offices in Houghton le Spring, Sunderland.
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Zapp to operate on-site dark store at London music festival
The store will operate as an on-site click & collect service rather than couriering goods to festival-goers
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Strike action at GXO Logistics called off after ‘improved pay offer’
The logistics provider offered an ‘improved’ pay rise of 4%>
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Analysis and Features
Rapid delivery: where is the fast-moving sector going?
A raft of ‘q-commerce’ players have quickly established themselves. As the market matures, will they prosper or find themselves snapped up?
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Comment and Opinion
Supply chains need drastic overhaul to cope with long-term problems and new disruption
The picture on the availability crisis has been partial and piecemeal. Until now.
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News
Coca-Cola launches personalised cans on DTC site
The personalised cans cost £5 with free delivery in around five days
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Poundland extends online delivery trial across Midlands and Yorkshire
The online service was quietly tested earlier in the year by 18,000 Poundland staff and selected guests
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Comment and Opinion
‘Hybrid’ retailers will need to invest in technology to keep up with omnichannel shopping
Stores’ IT systems, digital platforms and logistics networks will come under increased pressure, says Perran Jervis of law firm TLT
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Comment and Opinion
The shift to online could exacerbate grocery sector employment inequalities
Retailers and the government both have a part to play in preventing an inequality crisis, says Abbie Winton, a final year PhD researcher at Alliance Manchester Business School
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News
UK pubs face ‘beer drought’ as draymen threaten strikes
The industrial action comes amid ongoing disruption in the food and drink supply chain caused by the ‘pingdemic’ and HGV driver shortage
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Apple growers warn of spiralling costs as weather hits UK crop forecast
Packaging, haulage and labour costs caused by Brexit and Covid-19 have escalated input costs, according to British Apples & Pears
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Gopuff acquires rapid on-demand grocer Dija to boost European presence
The deal comes just months after Gopuff acquired Fancy, a rapid delivery platform providing consumers with groceries in 30 minutes
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Dark store grocery model elements ‘make a lot of sense’ says Deliveroo chief
Deliveroo makes a £2.10 per order gross profit per order for grocery orders, compared with £2.40 per restaurant takeaway
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Driver crisis: Neither army nor longer hours will solve it, say hauliers
The temporary relaxation of drivers’ hours that was due to end on Sunday has been extended to October
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Poundland offers to pay for drivers to upgrade to HGV 1 licences
The discounter said getting the HGV 1 licence could cost up to £2,000
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On-demand grocer Getir signs sponsorship deal with Tottenham Hotspur
Last month Zapp signed as a sponsor of Chelsea FC,
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John Lewis Partnership to offer drivers £5,000 pay rise to tackle labour shortage
John Lewis and Waitrose drivers will receive a pay increase of around £2 an hour in their base pay from 8 August
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M&S logistics partner Gist offers HGV drivers £2,000 sign-on bonus to tackle shortage
Gist is also offering to cover the costs of training for new drivers
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M&S calls for further six-month extension to Northern Ireland checks
The call was backed by 96% of M&S suppliers during a conference this week
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Ocado nearly doubles size of West London site
The expansion at Origin takes Ocado’s total space within Segro’s portfolio to over 400,000 sq ft across three buildings