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Mothercare's depot problem
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• Mothercare admitted last week that problems with its Daventry distribution centre, run by Tibbett & Britten, might force it to turn to another site and another operator.
Mothercare's interim results reveal that its warehousing and distribution costs rocketed to 218.3m for the six months to mid-October, compared with 2.9.7m for the same period last year. The retailer is now considering its options, claiming that the Daventry site is more suited to hanging garments rather than its range of prams and push-chairs.
Problems began when Mother-care transferred its distribution to Daventry last August. Difficulties with stock affected Christmas sales and the problems have still not been resolved a year later. This led to the opening of a 'safety-net' warehouse in Coventry, run by Ent
A Mothercare spokesman says: If the right site with the right costs were to come along, whether that was run by Tibbett & Britten or another operator like Exel, then we would look at it."