Lindex invests in a new omnichannel warehouse for continued growth

‘Our business is growing and in order to increase our delivery capacity in line with our global and digital expansion, we will build a new highly automated omnichannel warehouse, where all garments are available for all sales channels. Our new logistics platform will enable continued growth in more channels as well as for new business opportunities. It is the largest investment in Lindex’s history and a crucial step in fulfilling our long-term growth plans and in securing the future of our logistics operations. It’s really exciting and is an important milestone on our journey as a global, brand-led and sustainable fashion company,’ says CEO Susanne Ehnbåge.

Lindex's new omni channel warehouse will manage the supply of garments to all the fashion company's stores, the strongly growing e-commerce as well as the company's third-party collaborations with global fashion platforms. The highly automated and climate smart facility, which will be built in Alingsås, will be approximately 40.000 square meters in size and is planned to be brought into operation in 2024. Lindex’s amount of capital expenditure is approximately EUR 110 million including land, building and automation.

‘We have high demands on our future omnichannel warehouse, which will replace our current warehouse in Partille and our e-commerce warehouse in Borås, where we are approaching our maximum capacity. With our new facility in Alingsås, we will initially be able to quadruple the capacity for our e-commerce and ensure a scalable and sustainable logistics solution for all sales channels. The initial capacity for the e-commerce will be approximately 13.000 picked and packed garments per production hour. In line with our sustainability ambitions, we have high environmental requirements for our warehouse with the goal of achieving the environmental certification BREEAM-SE Excellent. Our facility will also be powered by electricity from solar panels, which will enable delivery of electricity to both our own operations and to others’, says Johan Engen, Director of Logistics at Lindex.