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...Between 2018 and 2019, it increased its global logistics footprint by 15 per cent, securing more warehouse space, sorting centres and delivery hubs in an effort to beat out rivals....
...Pricing pressure has intensified and retailers have had to invest in technology and logistics while contending with higher delivery costs....
...And he has sought to highlight the value in the brands Sears built around its stores, from DieHard car batteries to Innovel, a logistics business with 1,100 trucks and 7.5m square feet of warehouse space...
...Amazon’s rivals have been investing heavily in ecommerce and logistics to better compete. One exception to the digital sales bonanza was Sears, which filed for bankruptcy protection last month....
...Margins are already threatened by rising labour and transport costs, higher trade tariffs and investments in logistics and ecommerce....
...In the US, the sector’s failures to adapt to a rapidly changing environment are epitomised by Sears....
...Noticeably quieter than its rivals in the Jersey City mall was Sears, whose stores were still trading even after the company’s recent Chapter 11 filing....
...Mr Beighton reckons that Asos will soon have the logistics capacity to handle £4bn worth of sales, double that of today, more than half of which comes from outside the UK....
...Sears, a venerable retailing chain that dates back to 1886, has announced plans to shutter more than 300 locations just this year....
...Look beyond short-term dips related to the economic cycle (such as the UK’s recent drop in retail sales) and focus on the long-term trends, epitomised by the decline of Sears, the totemic US department store...
...Some of the new openings are in ecommerce, particularly in warehousing and logistics. That may be good for US productivity....
...FT Exclusive: PE walk away from GLP auction With just days to go before a June 30 deadline for bids, Global Logistic Properties, one of Asia’s most sought-after private equity targets, is seeing potential...
...Its services have already produced hybrid businesses where Amazon runs marketing, customer relationships, payments, computing, logistics and distribution, leaving executives to do nothing but find or make...
...It will sear itself into a generation’s memory and scar lives. It may well be the worst slump most of us have ever experienced....
...“It’s currently easier to be a developer, in terms of the logistics and costs of prefabricated homes.”...
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