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RNS Number : 3648K  Wincanton PLC  05 May 2022

 5 May 2022

 

 

 

 

 

Wincanton plc

 

Wincanton announces new five-year contract with The White Company

 

Wincanton plc ("Wincanton" or "the Group"), a leading supply chain partner for
UK business, today announces it has been awarded a new five-year contract with
luxury lifestyle retailer, The White Company. The contract begins immediately
and will see Wincanton provide multi-channel fulfilment services for The White
Company, including international eCommerce order fulfilment, store
replenishment for its footprint of over 60 stores in the UK and Ireland, and
value-added services for around 1.6m customers annually.

 

Initially, Wincanton will manage The White Company's existing warehouse
facility in Swan Valley, Northamptonshire. Over the course of the next 18
months, Wincanton will oversee the migration of The White Company's central
warehousing and distribution operations to its own state-of-the-art
eFulfilment facility at the WEB
(https://www.wincanton.co.uk/what-we-do/services-a-z/web/) , in Rockingham. As
part of this move, Wincanton will introduce further customer experience
improvements, operational capabilities and support capacity for growth,
implementing higher levels of automation to drive efficiency. The migration to
the WEB is due to complete by late-Summer 2023 and, once transitioned, The
White Company will utilise a significant proportion of the WEB's automated
capacity.

 

Around 175 colleagues, primarily engaged in fulfilment and warehousing
services, will transfer from The White Company to join the 20,000-strong
Wincanton team as part of this partnership.

 

James Wroath, CEO at Wincanton, commented:

 

"This contract with The White Company is a big step forward for Wincanton and
a significant milestone for our eFulfilment operations. In due course our
state-of-the-art facility in Rockingham will be The White Company's central
logistics hub and we will be helping to deliver continued growth in customer
experience, efficiency and productivity for the company through greater use of
automation. It is testament to the strength, breadth and quality of our
services that we have been selected by The White Company who keep the customer
at the heart of everything they do to be their partner across all parts of
their supply chain, building on our existing relationship as their two-person
home delivery provider. We are excited to get started and I would like to
welcome our 175 new colleagues to the Wincanton team."

 

 

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For further enquiries please contact:

 

 Headland

 Susanna Voyle       Tel: 020 3805 4822

 Henry Wallers

 Marta Parry-Jones

Notes to Editors

About Wincanton

Wincanton is a leading British supply chain solutions company. The Group
provides business critical services including storage, handling and
distribution; high volume eFulfilment; retailer 'dark stores'; two-person home
delivery; fleet and transport management; and network optimisation for many of
the UK's best-known companies.

It is active across a range of markets including food and consumer goods;
retail and manufacturing; eCommerce; the public sector; major infrastructure;
building materials; fuel; and defence. With almost 100 years' heritage,
Wincanton's 20,000-strong team operates from more than 200 sites across the
country, utilising 3,500 vehicles.

About The White Company

Founded by Chrissie Rucker OBE over 27 years ago, The White Company has become
one of the UK's fastest growing multi-channel retailers and a leading
lifestyle brand, with over 60 stores across the UK, including high-profile
concessions in Harrods and Selfridges.

 

Our American website launched in 2014, and our US expansion now includes a
presence in select Nordstrom stores across the US. July 2018 saw the first
European flagship outside of the UK open on Dublin's Grafton Street.

 

The quintessentially British brand is now synonymous with transforming houses
into homes, creating impeccably stylish, beautifully designed products with
British town and country heritage at its core. What started as a range of
white essentials for the linen cupboard has gradually grown into the ultimate
luxury lifestyle destination for the home and wardrobe.

Inspiration for stylish living: Today. Tomorrow. Forever.

 

 

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