Buyers of fashion products are, almost by definition, fickle. But they exert a powerful influence on the supply chain – and the nature of their requirements is changing. Johanna Parsons reports
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Online sales may be booming but so are the returns. With e-commerce now accounting for almost 20 per cent of UK non-food sales, reducing the returns rate – especially in the fashion sector – will be vital to maintain margins
Rosy Hill reports from the Supply Chain Finance Summit
Logistics Manager, February 2014
DFDS Logistics has bought STEF Transport’s activities in Scotland and Newlyn, as part of a deal in which it has sold its activities in Boulogne to STEF
Nominations are now open for the Freight Transport Association’s 2014 everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards
As many as two thirds of accidents involving the loss or damage of containerised cargo are caused by poor or improper packing, according to transport and logistics insurer TT Club’s latest analysis
Logistics revenues rose 9.4 per cent to €1.95bn at Norbert Dentressangle last year, but the transport business recorded a 1.2 per cent fall to €2.01bn
SAS, the Scandinavian airline, has extended its contract with Kuehne + Nagel for a further three years
TNT Express has decided to retain its domestic operations in Brazil, after judging it impossible to complete a transaction on acceptable terms with potential bidders
