The shock horror news is that retail sales fell back in April, according to the British Retail Consortium. The rather more mundane reality behind that is that Easter was early this year so sales were pushed back into March.
Browsing: Logistics
If anyone in the logistics industry can claim to be a cool guy, it’s Chris Sturman. He has been involved in temperature-controlled operations for many years and now heads the FSDF. He talks to Malory Davies.
DIY retailer AKI has chosen Ceva Logistics for a contract worth 50 million euros over five years
Express distribution network Palletways has recruited its partner Reason Transport to extend service into North Oxfordshire including Bicester, Witney and Banbury
The DHL Innovation Centre has been extended by a “Hands-on Lab” where the group is now presenting developments for which test runs are about to begin
ByBox Field Support has acquired PPR Solutions to complete its “end to end” supply chain plan.
John Deere (China) the farm equipment manufacturer, has awarded Kuehne + Nagel a contract for the management of its national service parts distribution centre in Tianjin.
The European Union is stepping up border security with a new Import Control System from January 2011 and, says Kewill, it will be the carriers of cargo that will be most affected
Logwin, the Luxembourg-based logistics operator, has set up a subsidiary in Kenya
The Bond Group has received an interest-free loan from the Carbon Trust as part of an energy saving project at its warehouse in Sheerness
