Warehouse location: a strategic choice for regions

The boom in e-commerce has led to a growing need for warehousing facilities close to major urban centers. This is true not only of France, but also of other countries in Europe and the rest of the world.

The location of warehouses is just as much a strategic issue for the private sector, with large companies encouraging their construction in tactical zones, as it is for the public sector. The latter have to reconcile the fact that, while warehouses are an essential link in the development of an urban or rural area and a source of employment, they also have a significant environmental and social impact.

This conference will highlight the fact that the construction of warehouses seems necessary as trade develops, but that their location cannot be left to chance and responds to highly strategic logic.

The talk will be given in English on the main stage.