Marks & Spencer has agreed to buy a warehouse from Asos in Staffordshire, creating 600 jobs and adding capacity to handle online orders more efficiently.
M&S said it would employ 600 workers at the 437,000 square foot site in Lichfield when it opens in 2027. Marks & Spencer has agreed to buy a warehouse from Asos in Staffordshire in a move that will see it create another 600 jobs and support plans to double online sales .
M&S said the 437,000 square foot site in Lichfield will be one of its largest distribution centres when it opens in 2027. The warehouse was mothballed by Asos in 2023 under an overhaul to reduce its stock and costs and improve profitability. It employed a few hundred workers at the time, but Asos said when it announced the move that the workers were not directly employed by the group.
M&S said the site will add capacity and allow it to process orders quickly, helping it achieve the group’s long-term target to double the size of its online fashion, home and beauty business.
“The new site will support the strategy to deliver more of M&S fashion faster than ever before, enabling customers to order later in the day and with more sizes and styles available,” the chain said. John Lyttle, managing director for fashion, home and beauty, added: “As we transform M&S fashion, home and beauty, our ambition is to double online sales.
“To achieve this and serve our customers faster, more efficiently and with better availability, our 24/7 distribution network needs more capacity. ” He said the move would help with its transformation plans at a lower cost than building a site from scratch. Asos said it will receive at least £66 million in proceeds from the warehouse sale and save around £6 million in costs each year, such as rent.
This will lead to a one-off profit boost of about £85 million when the deal completes, which is expected by the end of August. The firm said its remaining warehouses in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and Berlin will “provide sufficient capacity to support future growth”. Asos chief executive Jose Antonio Ramos said: “The disposal of our Lichfield fulfilment centre represents a further step in strengthening Asos’s balance sheet and improving our capital efficiency.
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