Jaguar Land Rover has signed a contract with Gefco, following a review of its domestic carriers, for the latter to provide transport for the car manufacturer’s Range Rovers
Author: Christopher Walton
Christopher Walton
Chris succeeded the legendary Malory Davies in September 2019 as Editor of Logistics Manager and host of the Supply Chain Excellence Awards. Day-to-day Chris writes about all things supply chain; materials handling and industrial property and is curator of the annual LM Top 50 Service Providers. He has worked as a business journalist since 2002 and his career as a logistics journalist started in 2008. Before joining Logistics Manager, he was Editor-in-Chief for road transport titles at DVV Media International.
The impact that omni-channel is having on retail supply chains was highlighted by Dino Rocos, operations director of John Lewis, when he opened the Omni-Channel conference in Birmingham yesterday
DB Schenker is set to open a 147,000 sq ft logistics centre for distribution of car parts in Shenyang (China) at a cost of more than €20m as part of a partnership with a Chinese firm, subject to regulatory approval from local authorities
Paragon is to provide real-time arrivals board functionality for all routing and scheduling systems that link to satellite vehicle tracking via its Fleet Controller programme, as an attempt to reduce time wasting and labour costs
ASOS has blamed the fire at its Barnsley distribution centre in June for a £25m-£30m loss in sales for the three months to September as it released its final quarter results
Norbert Dentressangle has appointed two new managing directors to head up its transport and distribution, and logistics divisions in the UK
Dutch fashion firm Mexx has awarded TNT a two-year contract to provide international delivery services
Tomorrow is the final day of the Omni-Channel Conference in Birmingham, with talks from Tesco’s Ian Towell on customer returns, and Asda’s Michael Kosciukiewicz on the challenges posed when integrating a click and collect service
TNT Post has rebranded as Whistl following its separation from TNT Express in 2011, with the latter retaining the rights to use the TNT brand name
Morrisons is set to open a 20,000 sq ft distribution centre in Knowsley this November to service customers in the north and north-west as it caters for the growth in its online business
