DHL Supply Chain is constructing a 40,000 sqm fashion logistics centre for German retailer TomTailor in Hamburg.
The new warehouse, due to be operational in the first half of 2015, complies with the latesttechnological standards and is designed to cope with the company’s volume growth expected for theupcoming years, mainly in the wholesale sector.
The fashion logistics facility will create up to 200 new jobs and will be operated alongside thealready existing DHL Supply Chain multi-user warehouse in eastern Hamburg. The value of theinvestment was not disclosed. DHL and Tom Tailor have been working together since 2008.
“We are delighted that the Tom Tailor Group is extending our business relationship through thejoint development of a new ultra-modern logistics solution. The location is perfectly suited to thefurther growth of the Tom Tailor Group and can provide the required infrastructure to guarantee theefficient international distribution of goods,” explained Martin Seidenberg, CEO of DHL SupplyChain Germany & Alps. “I am also delighted that we will be creating new jobs for the region.”& amp; amp; amp; lt; /p>
“The new central warehouse is being built on what is, for us, the perfect location and, in termsof logistics, it forms the long-term basis for continued wholesale growth within the Tom TailorGroup. By having different warehouse expansion stages, we are able to react to changing structuralconditions with greater flexibility and thus guarantee required warehouse capacity. And thanks tostate-of-the-art warehouse technology we are also able to provide efficient, high-qualitydistribution”, commented Dieter Holzer, CEO at the Tom Tailor Group.
The new DHL facility in Hamburg will feature several technological innovations, includingtelescopic conveyors with vacuum tube lifters to facilitate the unloading of boxes. Also, thewarehouse will be equipped with an automatic box dispatching system with a length of around fourkilometres, as well as modern packing machines.
Bernd Egert, State Council and Logistics Coordinator for the Hamburg Senate, commented: “Theexpansion of DHL’s logistics services for the Tom Tailor Group, here, at the new DHL Supply Chainsite in Hamburg demonstrates that these are two companies who work extremely successfully together,and who see positive development potential in Hamburg as a logistics location both now and for thefuture. That’s what you call a classic win-win situation.“
DHL Supply Chain handles more 40 million items per year for Tom Tailor and volumes are expectedto rise to 100 million items per year by 2020. In 2012, Tom Tailor Group had overall revenues of€629.7 million, 53% more than in the previous year, due to the acquisition of German retailerBonita and strong e-commerce revenue growth, which rose 42.9% to €35.3 million. Warehousing,distribution and returns management for Tom Tailor’s online-shop is provided by HermesFulfilment.
