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Fast-growing Online Furniture Retailer ‘Bed Kingdom’ Opens New Liversedge Distribution centre

365 Retail

Established in 2011 by Ashley Hainsworth following an initial £400 investment, the idea was born from a university project before becoming a fully-fledged business. Expanding our logistics capabilities means we can streamline our processes to provide our customers with quicker responses and faster shipping times.

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Resilience Training: Small Business Innovation During a Recession

Retail TouchPoints

And to avoid possible delivery delays, using more than one shipping carrier builds resilience as well and allows you to maintain more control over your ability to serve your customers. James Chin Moody is a Co-founder and CEO of Sendle , a company that delivers shipping that is good for the world by helping small businesses thrive.

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Beer Cartel invites consumers to buy up shares in the business

Inside Retail

There are also plans to introduce investor perks such as free shipping and discounted pricing on beer. And we want to enhance our logistics offering so that we can manage higher demand,” Kelsey said. In 2011, Beer Cartel purchased a bottleshop that had a storefront as well as a large warehouse where it could grow the online business.

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Why Book Depository’s closure could be a “net benefit” for Australian booksellers

Inside Retail

Prior to its closure, it shipped to more than 120 countries and provided free delivery. The company also referenced the closure of Angus & Robertson and Borders in 2011, where Booktopia’s revenue immediately jumped by 20 per cent in the months following.

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What’s on Levi’s agenda? Sustainability, supply chain and empowering people

Inside Retail

Bergh joined Levi’s in 2011, after a 28-year stint at Procter & Gamble. When you’ve got container ships stuck in the port at Long Beach, and consumers can’t get your product, you’re leaving money on the table, and that’s not a good thing,” Bergh said, adding “the name of the game is now supply chain resilience and agility”.

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Cotton struggles squeeze Asian garment makers, threatens Covid recovery

Inside Retail

We are hardly making any profits,” said Siddiqur Rahman, managing director of Dhaka-based Sterling Group, which supplies to brands such as H&M and Gap Inc. In a double whammy for garment makers, “buyers are not willing to raise prices”, said Ravi Sam, managing director at Adwaith Textiles, an Indian exporter.

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Who could replace Sharon White as the next John Lewis Partnership chair?

Retail Gazette

Perhaps with M&S now motoring, Norman might jump ship to see if he can perform a similar feat at its rival? Price stepped down as deputy chairman and managing director of Waitrose in 2016 after 33 years at the business. Stuart Rose Lord Stuart Rose is no stranger to managing some of the UK’s biggest retailers.