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Plans for a 1.8 million sq ft distribution park in Ashford Kent are set to be submitted shortly – and speculation is rife that internet shopping giant Amazon is likely to be taking up residence

The pressure is on storage and retrieval systems to provide the speed and accuracy to meet the demands of increasingly complex and diverse logistics systems

The growth of online retailing and home delivery is renewing the focus on reverse logistics. Getting it wrong can be very expensive when returns can account for up to 30 per cent of shipped items

The explosion of multi-channel retailing means that logisticians are facing a new operational reality with increasing demands on the supply chain