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Some of the cleverest technology in the supply chain is going into multi-channel retailing. But at the end of the process someone has to deliver the goods to the customer’s home. And that last few feet is where the biggest problems lie.

UK shoppers spent £5.46 billion online in December – the equivalent of £88.93 for every person in the UK – up 17 per cent on December 2008, according to IMRG Capgemini’s e-Retail Sales Index.

Schmitz Cargobull is warning that trailer prices will rise across Europe in the coming months, as a result of spiralling material costs.

Spar Netherlands and transport company Peter Appel have struck a deal to use R-744 cooled temperature control units supplied by Thermo King.