Episode #1: Black Friday is back

You can’t run. You can’t hide. Black Friday is back. It returns on 30 November 2018 and planning should have already started. This episode we speak to experts/survivors of Black Friday including: John Munnelly, head of operations – Magna Park, John Lewis: “We’re very much at the beck and call of how the other retailers actually trade.” Duncan Licence VP, Global Solutions and New Products at Metapack Group: “Black Friday has changed not just Christmas but the whole of the peak trading period.” Lynne Parnell, Logistics Partners: “Automation can help because you can increase your productivity through peak,” Peter Ward, CEO, UKWA: “The big challenge is labour and skills to handle that.” We’ll also be talking about 2.1 million sq feet of underground warehouse space at Heathrow with Kevin Mofid from Savills.