New deal signifies European expansion for Clipper

Farfetch is the leading global platform for the luxury fashion industry, which sells products from over 1,300 luxury boutiques and brands from around the world on its marketplace.

Leeds-based Clipper will provide e-fulfilment and returns management services from its new site in the Netherlands and will support all of Farfetch’s European activities from this new facility.

The new contract will see operations start in April and is for an initial term of five years. Clipper anticipates that it will employ 600 personnel at the site, and the facility will have a stock holding capacity of over two million units of high-end apparel.

This represents a significant extension of Clipper’s trading activities in mainland Europe. The group already has eight distribution centres in Germany and Poland, employing over 1,500 staff. The new contract will represent organic growth of nearly 30 per cent in Clipper’s European operations when fully functional, as well as its first site in the Benelux region.

Steve Parkin, executive chairman of Clipper, said: “Farfetch is an outstanding company with whom we are proud to have a growing relationship.

"This new contract facilitates our mutual growth aspirations and represents a significant extension of Clipper’s European footprint, one of our key strategic growth areas.”