The Belgian firm Pro Alliance is a collaboration hub designed especially for supply chains, where conversations happen, data is shared and decisions are made. It stems from the idea that siloed supply chains are static …
Burberry has abandoned its plans to set up a large manufacturing plant in Leeds. The new factory was a major part of the fashion house’s strategy to make all its trench coats at a single …
Free delivery of online orders is becoming a thing of the past, with big names such as H&M and Zalando increasingly following the example of smaller online stores. For example, Zalando recently announced that it …
Lucy Harding and Pieter Ebeling, Partners in the Global Procurement and Supply Chain and Consumer, Retail and Digital Practices of Odgers Berndtson in the UK and the Netherlands, respectively, continue to discuss global disruption in …
Lucy Harding and Pieter Ebeling, Partners in the Global Procurement and Supply Chain and Consumer, Retail and Digital Practices of Odgers Berndtson in the UK and the Netherlands, respectively, discuss global disruption in the supply …
The cold chain sector underestimates the impact of last mile delivery, Good Distribution Practice (GDP) and global warming, according to the ‘Cold Chain Change’ survey by VebaBox Cool Solutions. The sector has not yet woken …
Every year more than 771 million tonnes of goods are labelled as waste in the EU, over 40% of which are incinerated or end up as landfill – often undeservedly so, according to the international …
Sustainability, Trends, Visibility
Transparency and sustainability are hot topics in the fashion world, fuelled by industry scandals such as the deadly fire in a clothing factory in Bangladesh in 2013. Consumers are demanding insight into how clothes are …
A city’s economic vitality and liveability depends on good urban logistics. The city distribution situation is partly determined by shifts in consumer behaviour and possible governmental regulation. Scenario planning helps companies to capitalize on future …
LVMH, owner of numerous leading brands including the luxury French label Louis Vuitton, is turning to blockchain technology in its fight against copycats. It is hoped that this project will keep counterfeit goods off the …
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