An American toy company which has drawn interest from celebrities including Jessica Alba, Gigi Hadid and Helen Flanagan is opening its first 海角视频 distribution centre to streamline its growing 海角视频 sales base.
Lovevery is opening a hub at the vast Magna Park warehouse site near Junction 20 of the M1 at Lutterworth, in south Leicestershire.
It will be managed by warehousing specialist Bleckmann in a new 205,000 sq ft fulfilment centre at Magna Park 鈥 its fourth in the 海角视频 鈥 which it has taken at Magna Park to serve 海角视频, European and global clients. Bleckmann says that over time it expects to create up to 300 new jobs at the site.
In a press statement Lovevery said: 鈥淗aving become a huge household name in the US and developed a large fan base among celebrities including Jessica Alba, Gigi Hadid, Ashley Graham, Millie Mackintosh, Helen Flanagan, Storm Keating and Kimberley Walsh, the team behind Lovevery is now quickly saturating the 海角视频 and European markets.鈥
Lovevery said its decision to join other recognisable brands at Bleckmann 鈥 including Gymshark 鈥 follows a $100 million fundraise last October.
Up until now Lovevery shipments into the 海角视频 have been processed via its European HQ in the Netherlands, but the business said that had been impacted by Brexit and Covid19.
It hopes the move to have all 海角视频 orders handled by Bleckmann will improve delivery times and cut shipping costs, and minimise 鈥淏rexit related-limitations which have caused delays and additional costs to date鈥.
Co-founder Jessica Rolph said: 鈥淥ur early learning program has become an essential resource for parents in 30 markets worldwide.
鈥淥ur goal is to keep expanding, creating new products that serve children all over the word for more years of their early development.
鈥淥ur long-term vision is to support every part of the parenting experience throughout early childhood.
鈥淲e want to be truly accessible to as many families as possible.鈥
Lovevery, launched in the 海角视频 in 2020 with two products 鈥 The Play Gym and Block Set 鈥 followed by its Play Kits subscription system last August, which has more than 220,000 active subscribers and has shipped more than 1 million kits.
It said around a quarter of all orders now come from Britain.
The business was founded by Jessica Rolph and Roderick Morris in 2017 in the US, and its toys are designed in consultation with child development experts.
Reinardt Van Oel, chief operations officer Belgium & United Kingdom at Bleckmann: 鈥淲e are proud to open the new site just 18 months after our first location in Magna Park.
鈥淚n the coming five months we will be working on the further fit out of this enormous building 鈥 it will result in expanding the total floor area to 550,000 sq ft. Part of the building has already been taken in use for the first client.鈥
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