A decreasing labour pool, increasing levels of e-commerce and a desire for high storage utilisation in the warehouse means articulated…
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 warehousing and logistics functions at House of Fraser have now been fully integrated into Sports Direct Group following the…
Year-on-year supermarket sales growth slowed again during the 12 weeks ending 1 December to 0.5%, with average consumers making one…
NWF Group subsidiary Boughey Distribution has taken a 12-year lease on a 237,734 sq ft warehouse at developer Panattoni’s Crewe Commercial Park.
As the year draws to a close, it’s time to look back on all we have learned in the past…
In the third of a series of profiles on speakers at the Supply Chain Conference 2020 we meet Tom Rose,…
The growth of convenience retail makes it a tantalising market. But the competition is tough and it’s inspiring a re-think…
The personalisation of e-commerce is putting even more pressure on the warehouse and supply chain, meaning that warehouse management systems…
2019 may well be remembered by many in the distribution sector as the year political procrastination played havoc with the…
Watson Fuels has awarded Wincanton a new, five-year contract to run all of its artic fuel activity across the UK.
