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Amazon to open £500m robot-powered East Midlands warehouse

Retail Gazette

Amazon is planning to build a new £500m robot-powered “next-generation” warehouse in Northampton, East Midlands. The new fulfilment centre will create 2,000 new jobs and will be fully operational in 2026. The warehouse will feature three floors of robotics technology, where products will be stowed and customer orders picked.

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Digital Transformation Propels Burton’s Omnichannel Growth Plans

Retail TouchPoints

Larocque has spent more than 20 years with Burton, becoming SVP Operations in 2010. The second prong was replacing foundational systems, such as the company’s legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. “It We began the journey by getting our heads around the data.”. It’s really a holistic approach,” she said. “We

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Top Wish Execs Share Plan for Winning Back Consumers, Beginning with ‘Wishmas’

Retail TouchPoints

When Wish debuted in 2010 it took the U.S. And this is just the first of in a series of shopping events Wish has planned for 2023. Retail TouchPoints: What’s your plan to bring Wish back to the forefront, especially with so many new competitors in the space now?

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H-E-B debuts e-commerce fulfillment center

Mass Relators

SAN ANTONIO — H-E-B recently opened a new e-commerce fulfillment center in Plano, Texas, a project that expands the retailer’s commitment to integrate innovative technologies that drive omnichannel growth and provide a better shopping experience for Texans. H-E-B says its fulfillment centers support rising demand of online shopping.

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“Move fast, break s**t”: Why LSKD is moving into retail at a rapid pace

Inside Retail

Australian-owned and operated sportswear brand LSKD is opening its third retail space this year, as part of a plan to expand its retail presence before peak period. In 2010, LKI became a full time job for Daniel. Daniel said it’s part of the brand’s growth plans, which is on track to grow another 50 per cent this year.

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Analysis: What’s changed since the Farfetch-YNAP deal was first announced

Inside Retail

Compagnie Financière Richemont said that the European Union was the last regulatory authority that was required to provide clearance, and Richemont is planning to complete the deal later during the fourth quarter of 2023. Richemont first purchased Net-a-Porter in 2010 for approximately US$550 million, before merging it with Yoox.

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Absorbing and Reacting to the SEC’s New Clawback Rules

Hunton Andrews Kurth

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 26, 2022, adopted new executive compensation “clawback” rules, thus fulfilling its 2010 mandate under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”). Continue Reading.