Cygnia Logistics and Kao Corporation renew longstanding partnership

Cygnia Logistics, part of the Wincanton Group, a leading supply chain partner for UK business, is pleased to announce the renewal of its relationship with Japanese consumer goods manufacturer Kao, parent company of well-known beauty brands such as Molton Brown, John Frieda and Goldwell. This contract extension builds on fourteen years of collaboration between the two companies and will see Cygnia provide a broad range of multi-channel logistics, picking, packing and fulfilment services for Kao from Cygnia’s base in Northamptonshire. The core of Cygnia’s service to Kao revolves around fulfilment for both B2C & B2B channels for the likes of Molton Brown, John Frieda, Goldwell, KMS, e’quipe and Oribe.

This includes fulfilment directly to customer’s homes and delivering orders to up to 5000 stores, as well as hotels and salons nationwide. Other elements of Cygnia’s offering to Kao includes value-added services such as gift wrapping, personalisation and co-packing. In the time since Kao and Cygnia first partnered in 2008, Kao has seen order volumes for one of its key brands, Molton Brown, grow by over 500%.

Carl Moore, Managing Director of Digital and e-Fulfilment at the Wincanton Group, said:

“The extension of our partnership with Kao Corporation demonstrates the depth and quality of Cygnia’s offering and showcases its ability to support customers as they scale, innovate and diversify.

We look forward to supporting Kao’s continued efforts to expand the presence of their brands across the UK and we will make sure their supply chain is ready to meet this demand.”

Guido Kirchhoff, President Functions Operations, Consumer Products, EMEA at Kao, said:

“At Kao we value long standing and trusting relationships with our business partners and suppliers.

Over the past fourteen years, Cygnia Logistics has been a vital support for our UK business and we are delighted to continue our longstanding partnership with Cygnia and the Wincanton Group.”