Matalan to increase pre retail operations

Discount Fashion retailer Matalan is to increase its pre-retail

 operations in the UK in a bid to reduce input costs to relieve market pressure on margins.

The company has signed a three year agreement with Advanced Supply Chain which will provide a range of pre-retail operations to maximise operational efficiency and stock availability. UK Terry Broadhead, imports and distribution manager at Matalan, said: "ASC worked closely with us in reviewing certain parts of the supply chain. They helped to identify a number of areas where efficiency could be improved to generate tangible savings and operational advantages.

"Their expertise, flexibility and bespoke control systems will ensure the success of the operation, and the new service will help our strategy of countering rising raw material costs to continually offer consumers best value goods."