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David Prinselaar AkzoNobel

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Supply Chain Movement 37 | COVID-19 & IT

Contents Supply Chain Movement 37: COVID-19 & IT – Q2 2020 Publication date: May 8, 2020 The main theme of the Q2 2020 issue of our quarterly Supply Chain Movement is COVID-19 & IT. For companies involved …

Primark

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Primark doesn’t drop suppliers in Asia

Primark is providing extra financial support to clothing manufacturers in Asia. The Irish fashion company has released an additional £370 million for products ordered. This comes on top of the £1.5 billion worth of stock …

Bristol

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CEO keen to reduce Bristol’s dependency on China

Elise Vanaudenhove, CEO of the Belgian footwear and clothing company Euro Shoe Group, is looking beyond the coronavirus crisis. She believes that the group, which includes retail chain Bristol, has become too dependent on China. …

textile factories

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Coronavirus crisis causing huge problems for Asian textile factories

The textile factories in Asia are facing major problems now that the coronavirus crisis is causing the large-scale cancellation of orders by clothing brands. Some customers are even refusing to pay for products ordered a …

toll rate

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Quicargo achieves 240% growth despite crisis

Quicargo, a digital marketplace for transport, grew by an impressive 240% and trebled its turnover in the first quarter of 2020, which suffered severe disruption due to the coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 crisis has sparked …

parcel delivery

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Coronavirus crisis sparks peak in parcel delivery

Thanks to the coronavirus crisis, parcel delivery is experiencing an unprecedented peak in demand. The largest players on the Dutch market, PostNL and DHL, have already recruited thousands of extra workers to ensure they can …

SettleMint

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Major investment in start-up SettleMint

KPN Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of KPN, is investing €1.9 million in the Belgian start-up called SettleMint. Thanks to substantial investment from other companies too, SettleMint has now raised a total of €5.5 …

Rituals

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Agile supply chain is crucial for Rituals

Rituals’ sales revenue is growing at between 30 and 40% a year. For the home and body cosmetics retailer to be able to manage that growth successfully, its supply chain needs to be very agile. …

Chinese supply chains

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Fast recovery for Chinese supply chains

The majority of Chinese manufacturers, retailers, e-tailers and logistics service providers are succeeding in getting back on track now that the country has passed the peak of the coronavirus outbreak. Two-thirds of them are already …

company closures

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Temporary company closures are not without risks

Many businesses have had to shut down temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the risk consultants at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), however, some risks still remain, even when operations are halted …