WH Smith says it made cost saving of £18m in its high street business last year, mainly as a result of supply chain initiatives such as the introduction of voice picking
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DB Schenker is setting up a logistics centre at Tilburg in the Netherlands to serve the healthcare sector
Almost one in five non-food products are now bought online according to the British Retail Consortium and KPMG. “Without this online growth we would have recorded declines in sales of clothing and footwear,” said Helen Dickinson, director general, BRC
SDV is launching a new mobile app for tablets and smartphones, to provide its customers with universal shipment tracking, alert management, information and geographic location
DSV Air & Sea in the UK has launched DSV Fresh, an international distribution service dedicated to perishable products, from fruit and fish to pharmaceuticals and drinks
Soldiers from 3 Logistic Support Regiment (3 LSR) are heading home after completing more than 239,000 miles of support patrols in Afghanistan
John Lewis, Wilkinsons, Next, Hermes, Yodel, Argos, and Superdrug are just some of the big names in retail logistics that have founded The Logistics and Supply Chain Loss Prevention Forum to minimise multi-million pound losses in the supply chain
Seko Logistics has launched an integrated e-commerce and logistics division, Seko Omni-Channel Logistics to offer a single source for global fulfilment, delivery management, returns solutions and e-commerce development and design
Ceva Logistics has teamed up with Tower Cold Chain Solutions, to launch a new service for shipping temperature sensitive pharmaceutical goods at a consistent temperature, the KryoTrans KTM modular pallet shipper
The drinks giant has been refocusing its supply chain to enable it to take advantage of the rapid growth it is seeing in its markets. Gerry O’Hagan, operational excellence director – spirits & wine, explains the strategy to Malory Davies
