All Warehousing articles – Page 2
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News
Amazon to build new multimillion-pound UK warehouse
Amazon is set to build a new £500m fulfilment centre in the East Midlands, creating a mass of new jobs.
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Innovation of the Week
Amazon unveils latest tech advances aimed at ‘actively supporting employees’
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our team. Every week, we will bring you new ideas and case studies that link to the trends in our Retail Horizon 2024 reports – across consumer, technology, sustainability, and economy, policy and industry.
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Analysis
Is Amazon’s latest tech investment the answer to its workforce woes?
As Amazon continues to see growing strike action in the UK and abroad, Retail Week visited the Amazon Operations Innovation Lab in Vercelli, Italy, to see what it is investing in to improve its operations and the workforce.
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News
HelloFresh opens largest European warehouse, creating 300 jobs
Recipe-in-a-box retailer HelloFresh has announced the opening of its new Derby-based distribution centre, its largest in Europe and “one of the most sustainable” in the country.
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Analysis
Poo power, drones and drive-throughs: Discover the latest supply chain innovations
Supply Chain 2025 analyses how retailers in the UK and internationally are investing to transform their operations. Here, we reveal five innovative ROI-generating solutions explored in the new report
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News
Exclusive: Waitrose to close warehouse putting 545 jobs at risk
The grocery arm of the John Lewis Partnership has proposed closing its delivery warehouse in Enfield in the summer, putting over 500 jobs at risk.
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THG to axe HQ and warehouse jobs
Ecommerce giant THG is reportedly laying off 60 marketing and sales employees as well as around 100 warehouse staff across the group.
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Exclusive: Amazon faces fresh round of strikes
Amazon workers in Coventry will strike again following a compulsory re-ballot, Retail Week can reveal.
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Boohoo warehouse closures imminent
Fast-fashion giant Boohoo is set to shut down its Northamptonshire-based distribution centre putting 400 jobs at risk, according to reports.
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Amazon warehouse workers set first-ever strike date at Birmingham depot
Amazon workers at a fulfilment centre in Birmingham are set to strike for the first time in January over pay and working conditions.
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Amazon strike action to spread to Birmingham
Amazon workers at a new flagship fulfilment centre in Birmingham are set to strike in the new year, building on industrial action already seen at Coventry and Rugeley.
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Analysis
Robots on the rise – are they supply chain saviours or expensive fad?
There have been vast improvements in robotic technology in recent years, with more and more retailers turning to expensive and advanced tech to boost efficiency and reduce overall costs
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Analysis
Warehouse wars: how the cost-of-living crisis has impacted retail supply chains
With shoppers holding on to their purse strings tighter than ever, Retail Week explores the impact the cost-of-living crisis is having on retailers’ supply chains.
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News
Next eyes warehouse closure, putting 780 jobs at risk
Next is set to close its warehouse in Bradford next September, putting 780 jobs at risk as part of plans to “expand its facility in South Elmsall” upon closure of the site.
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Analysis
From drones to robots: Amazon delivers the future
The idea of humanoid robots and delivery by drones may seem futuristic, but tech giant Amazon is already making inroads in utilising these products. Retail Week visits Amazon’s BFI1 fulfilment centre in Seattle, Washington, to see the new tech in action.
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Amazon warehouse workers to walk out on Black Friday
Over 1,000 Amazon warehouse workers will strike on Black Friday as the GMB union warns of “the biggest day of strike action in company history”.
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News
Wilko £48m warehouse sale raises speculation
Wilko sold its flagship depot in a “controversial sale and leaseback deal”, which reportedly indicates the embattled retailer passed up on as much as £40m in a bid to stay afloat.
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News
Exclusive: GMB entices Amazon workers in key regions to consider strikes
The GMB union is planning to bring a bigger fight to Amazon as it looks to recruit workers from the retailer’s key regions to join strikes.
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News
Amazon to open £450m fulfilment centre
Amazon is opening a new £450m fulfilment centre in Wynyard Park, Stockton-on-Tees, which is due to start operating in October.
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Amazon strikes spread to second depot
Amazon workers at a second fulfilment centre are set to walk out following the result of a strike ballot.