The case for Third Party Distribution Available to Purchase

Distribution costs are rising faster than the general level of inflation. It is of course possible to reduce these costs and make savings — but should the retailer himself take on this function, or leave it to the experts? Tony Stanton, speaking at the CIES Biennial Conference on Warehousing in Berlin recently, asserts that the main point of attack must be in delivery consolidation, and in this paper gives three examples of retail companies who have initiated or influenced such schemes — Sainsbury, Asda and Tesco.