Wincanton is to provide online furniture retailer Snug with efulfilment, stock management and final-mile home delivery services following the signing of a new three-and-a-half-year contract.
The company will offer an end-to-end supply chain for Snug, which launched its sofa in a box concept in 2019. Wincanton’s services will include the management of inbound container stock; inventory management and stockholding; pick and despatch of customer orders and the handling and processing of returns.
Large products will be delivered via Wincanton’s two-person home delivery network.
Snug will also become one of the principal customers at Wincanton’s new automated efulfilment facility in Rockingham, Northamptonshire.
Rob Bridgman, founder and CEO at Snug, said: “Snug started the ‘sofa in a box’ movement and in doing so has created one of the UK’s fastest-growing ecommerce brands. Snug’s ready to assemble sofas are delivered in days and assembled in minutes without the need for tools. As category creator and leader, we are continuing to invest in offering a world-class customer experience and Wincanton offers us capabilities to scale at pace and to deliver on our customer promise.”
Wincanton has a number of homewares companies as clients, with contract wins for Dobbies, Dwell, The White Company and Sofa Club in the past year.
