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The meteoric growth of omni-channel is driving major changes in retail logistics operations. Rosy Hill reports from the recent Logistics Manager Summit on how companies are responding

I’m old enough to remember the creation of Parcelforce – the idea was to rebrand Royal Mail Parcels in preparation for privatisation in the early 1990s

UTi Worldwide, the international logistics specialist, has expanded its operations in the UK with a new facility at Heathrow creating space for contract logistics activities as well as freight forwarding

DB Schenker Logistics has opened a new facility in Zwevegem, Belgium, to offer its customers there a faster connection to European and world markets

Chris Cooijmans has been appointed as Gist’s new business unit director, continental Europe, where he will take responsibility for the management of the company’s entire continental business

Discount retailer TJ Morris, trading as Home Bargains, has awarded Swisslog a general contractor contract, for the materials handling elements of its new distribution centre