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Tag Archives: distribution
Checkout the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
In 2022 the May Bank Holiday will be moved to June and an additional day is being added to the list of bank holidays, so that there will be a four-day weekend. This is all so that there can be … Continue reading
Christmas may be Cancelled
If there is no upside to Brexit then a No Deal Brexit plumbs the depth of stupidity. And yet, two men who claim to be intelligent are currently racing to utter the most damaging nonsense and not bothering to hide … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Christmas, Disasters, distribution, European Union, Finance, Frictionless, Government, Logistics, Politicians, Producers, Resilience, Stock, Suppliers, Supply Chains, Uncategorized, Warehouses
Tagged Brexit, Business, Christmas, distribution, European Union, Food, Frictionless, logistics, medicines, No-Deal brexit, Politicians, Retail, Space, Stock, Supply chains, Warehouses
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Efficiency or Idiocy?
For some time it has been apparent that Dave Lewis has been determined to address the ‘bloat’ in Tesco and cut back on all sorts of things. In the big picture out have gone most of the diversifications of the … Continue reading
Posted in Boots, Competition, Consumer Change, Consumers, Costs, Customer Service, distribution, Food Retailing, Local Retailers, Pharmacy, Plastic Bags, Retailers, Self-checkout, Stirling, Tax, Tesco, Uncategorized
Tagged Boots, Butchers, Consumers, Cost-cutting, distribution, Efficiency, Fishmongers, independents, Plastic, Prescriptions, Self-checkout, Service, Tax, Tesco
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Supply Chain Magic
The first course I ever called my own and got to teach for real was called Physical Distribution Management, which just goes to show how long ago that was and how much has changed. I’ve always been interested by how … Continue reading
Posted in Availability, Stock, Supply Chains
Tagged distribution, mobile, retail week, stock holding, Supply chains
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