News / Fashion moves too fast for stranded imports: retailers must discount or destroy

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Germany’s fashion retailers may be forced to discount stock to avoid being flooded by a wave of imports, according to a new study.

German software house Setlog surveyed 100 fashion retailers that operate its OSCA system, and found them desperate for intermediate storage solutions, with warehouses and port container yards at near-capacity.

Setlog said most were simply delaying the pick-up of import containers and the return of empty boxes, and found that last month, the average time for a container to make ...