MR. PRICE GROUP

This is BIC: best-in-class logistics as growth enabler

The challenge

Mr. Price Group, a leading omnichannel fashion value retailer in South Africa, faced the challenge of consolidating two facilities into one, while ensuring scalability and efficiency to support future growth. The group sought a partner who could provide holistic, open-platform solutions and integrate best-in-class equipment for seamless operations.

The solution

Fortna, the systems integrator for the project, designed a highly automated and space-efficient hub spanning over 60,000 square meters. Interroll supplied critical material-handling solutions, including conveyors and sortation mechanisms. Interroll’s Modular Conveyor Platform (MCP) facilitated smooth transportation and optimized throughput, ensuring efficient handling of goods.

Applications:: Convey, Sort

Country:: South Africa

Industry:: E-Commerce, Retail & Fashion

System Integrator:: Fortna

Products/Solutions used

Added value for Mr. Price Group

The collaboration between Mr. Price Group, Fortna, and Interroll resulted in a cutting-edge distribution center:

Highly automated hub with over 24,000 pallet places
Handling more than 250 cartons per minute
Further expansion capabilities with mezzanines and scalable solutions
Benchmark choreography of logistics with a move into automation

Automated solutions

Increased customer satisfaction

Optimized throughput

Enabling growth

About Mr. Price Group

Mr. Price Group Limited, a leading omnichannel fashion value retailer in South Africa, is growing fast. Every day, young and modern people choose the unique brand of Mr. Price apparel, home wear, and sportswear through owned and franchised doors as well as online channels in Africa and Australia.

“It was very important for us to choose reliable partners of high quality with also local presence…The fact that Interroll has a full-time office based in South Africa was an extremely important point for us.”

Marc Austin
Group VP & Managing Director, FORTNA Group

“The facility is built to enable Mr. Price’s growth... We can take Mr. Price forward and continue the growth curve.”

Werner Pelser
Group Logistic Director, Mr. Price Group