Online sales doubled in week before Christmas
Online sales in December were 30 per cent up year-on-year, and the last week before Christmas saw almost double the sales compared with last year, according to MetaPack’s eTracker... Published:  04 January 2012

WMS problem costs SuperGroup £8.8m
Problems with a warehouse system cost fashion retailer SuperGroup £8.8 million, the company revealed in its half year results. ... Published:  14 December 2011

Supply chain commerce programme
RedPrairie has launched CommerceInMotion.com, a digital within a multi-channel programme to deliver content and commentary to supply chain operators... Published:  27 October 2011

Rationalised and optimal
The current recession has seen massive destocking by retailers - it this the new norm or will the shelves fill up again come the upturn? ... Published:  01 July 2009

Chip and win
Why there are no losers when outsourcing is done intelligently and collaboratively. Sam Sharma ... Published:  04 November 2008

Integrating to execute
Tough markets and fundamental shifts in the way supply chains operate have placed the emphasis on slick execution. But it requires a holistic view of the supply chain, says Nick Allen. ... Published:  01 September 2011

Keeping a lid on costs
With retailers experiencing a toxic mix of increasing commodity prices, rising fuel costs and a hike in VAT, the focus for most in 2011 will be on inventory reduction, cost containment and supply chain optimisation. By Nick Allen. ... Published:  01 February 2011

Balancing risk
Two major humanitarian disasters - the Burmese cyclone and the Chinese earthquake - provided a sombre backdrop to ''Supply Chain Standard''s Roundtable discussion on supply chain risk. But as Dave Food, business development director from the meeting's ... Published:  30 May 2008

Getting to grips with collaboration
For an older generation, ''collaboration'' has a sinister sound. But in the modern, dispersed and globalised supply chain, collaboration, up and down the chain, or even with apparent competitors, may be desirable or even essential ... Published:  30 May 2008