01-02-2016, 04:42 AM
Clipper Logistics plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides value-added logistics services to the retail sector in the United Kingdom, Germany, and rest of Europe. The company operates through two segments, Value-Added Logistics Services and Commercial Vehicles. It offers e-fulfilment, returns management, port deconsolidation logistics, retail consolidation, multichannel, warehousing, secure logistics, and transportation services. The company also provides added-value services, including secure warehousing, HMRC customs bond, quality control, pressing, RFID/security tag attachment, label printing, store recall, metal detection, container de-stuffing, new store building, pick and pack, secure destruction, and specialist storage services. In addition, it offers specialist fashion services, such as fine distribution, primary transport, shared user distribution, secondary store distribution, contract distribution, inter-branch transfer, return to vendor, new store openings/refurbishment, spot hire, fleet management, Pan-European network, and home delivery link services. Further, the company provides Ingenious, an end-to-end supply chain management solution, which develops, manages, and maintains a supply chain network; and warranty and refurbishment works for electrical manufacturers and retailers, as well as assists its retail customers with the sale of excess and end-of-line stock. Additionally, it sells new and used commercial vehicles, as well as parts; and operates servicing and repair facilities. The company operates approximately 6.2 million square feet of warehousing space. Clipper Logistics plc was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Leeds, United Kingdom.
Clipper Logistics plc: Private Company Information - Businessweek
Clipper Logistics, which floated on London’s junior market in 2014, is tapping into one of the most important trends in the retail sector. It is effectively the plumbing behind John Lewis’s and other retailers’ click and collect services. However, what makes it really interesting is its so-called “Boomerang” service, which processes returned goods. The convenience of online shopping means items that don’t fit or aren’t suitable are sent back. British retailers lost £130m from the cost of handling returned items on Black Friday alone and with around 35pc of all goods bought online sent back to shops, the level of returns is only going to increase. The shares are riding high already, up by almost 70pc this year, but Clipper added Zara and South African billionaire Christo Wiese’s Pep&Co to its list of clients this year, and further wins are expected.
The Telegraph's share tips for 2016 - Telegraph
Squarely in the 'solving problem's' for clients category, and the growing client list of A-brands suggests they are very good at it as well. Logistics is what made Walmart great, so this could actually go places.
Just like the cloud takes most of the IT headache off corporate clients, this does something similar, and growing allows for economies of scale, scope and learning.