Warehouse

ecommerce Knight Frank Online Sales Warehouse

April 6, 2021

Online retail is driving a significant boom in warehouse construction as around 40 million sq ft of new space is set to be built this year. The dramatic rise in…

The agility demonstrated by retailers throughout the pandemic will be tested once again with the reopening of shops to consumers whose habits may have changed long term.

Online sales boom drives spike in ecommerce job searches

ecommerce Indeed Flex Online retail picker Warehouse

April 1, 2021

Delivery / Supply Chain Ecommerce Industry

The UK’s record online retail sales boom has sent searches for ecommerce jobs skyrocketing over the last month. Searches for “picker” jobs more than doubled between February 1 and March…

Segro, the UK’s largest listed property company, believes shopping habits have “changed irrevocably” during the pandemic.

Shopper habits have “changed irrevocably” says UK’s largest listed property company Segro

Logistics property Segro Warehouse

February 19, 2021

Automation Picking Robots Walmart Warehouse

Segro, the UK’s largest listed property company, believes shopping habits have “changed irrevocably” during the pandemic. The warehouse and logistics giant saw the value of its UK and European warehouses…

Walmart is launching dozens of high-tech warehouses staffed entirely by robots to help it meet the staggering increase in online orders.

Walmart turns to automated picking robots to meet 80% rise in online orders

Automation

January 27, 2021

Walmart is launching dozens of high-tech warehouses staffed entirely by robots to help it meet the staggering increase in demand for online orders. The automated robots will be used to…

Ecommerce boom drives UK warehouse investment to record highs

CBRE ecommerce online shopping Savills Warehouse

January 18, 2021

Delivery / Supply Chain Ecommerce

The online shopping boom has driven investment in warehouses to record highs as retailers scramble to expand their last-mile delivery facilities. Investment in distribution warehouses skyrocketed 25 per cent last…

Amazon forced to shut warehouse due to coronavirus outbreak

Amazon Coronavirus Germany New Jersey outbreak Warehouse worker

December 23, 2020

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Amazon Inc has been forced to shut its sorting facility in Robbinsville Township, New Jersey, after seeing an increase in asymptomatic positive cases of coronavirus amongst workers. “Through our in-house…

Online retail boom sees warehouse rentals double in the UK

CBRE ecommerce Next Online retail Pets at Home Warehouse

October 2, 2020

Amazon industrial property Savills Warehouse

The online retail boom sweeping the UK has led to a record rise in the amount of warehouse space being rented to store and sort inventory. A whopping 13.3 million…

Amazon is on the hunt for 40 new distribution hubs across the UK as it continues its aggressive property expansion.

Amazon purchased 23% of all industrial space sold in 2020

Ecommerce Industry News

June 5, 2020

Cath Kidston economy EY Oasis Office for National Statistics ONS Warehouse

Amazon has purchased nearly a quarter of all the industrial space sold in the UK this year as its share of the market continues to accelerate. According to new data…

One in seven small business expect to have to lay off some or all of their staff after the furlough scheme ends later this year.

UK economy not likely to recover for 3 years after COVID-19

Industry News

April 27, 2020