Zalando to open Nordic fulfilment centre

Online fashion retailer Zalando will be opening its first Nordic fulfilment centre in Sweden later this year – which it hopes will help to cut lead times in half across the region. Working with the developer NREP Logicenters, Zalando will build the facility in Brunna, near Stockholm.

In a statement issued last week, Zalanda said that the 30,000 square metre facility will be fully operation in 2018.

The retailer added: “The warehouse in the Stockholm area will decrease lead times significantly, securing possible next day deliveries in all Nordic capitals (Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo) and the potential for same day delivery in Stockholm.

“When the fulfillment center is ramped up to full speed, Zalando will be able to cut lead times in half across the Nordic region (to 1-2 days for Sweden and Denmark, and 1-3 days for Norway and Finland).”