UK Mail is to launch a next-day mail delivery service, i-mail, with prices starting at less than the price of a first class stamp including all stationary and printing costs.
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Online fashion retailing is booming, but effective fulfilment is critical to meeting customer expectations of keen prices, fast turn-around times and a high level of service. Dan Meadows looks at how investment in logistics paid off for ASOS, one of the U
Bott, which makes in-vehicle storage equipment, has upgraded its trailer fleet with three curtainsiders from Schmitz Cargobull.
Law Distribution has relocated its base from Walkden in Manchester to Haydock Cross.
Retail is changing fast. Multi-channel retailing is the name of the game for leading high street brands, but a strategic mix of online and physical stores is far from simple to manage, as the world”s second largest computer maker is finding out.
Volvo has produced seven demonstration trucks with nine litre diesel engines modified to operate on seven different types of renewable liquid and gaseous fuels.
Logibag, the ByBox locker subsidiary, has won a contract with La Poste to install Cityssimo V2 postal lockers at locations across France.
Fashion retailers have learned to be more responsive to customer demand and changes in market conditions by deploying technology that enables faster decisions to be taken in the chain. Many international retailers are now switching stock between different
Scania has produced a Euro 5 engine without exhaust after-treatment.
When Skills for Logistics was granted its original licence in early 2004, one of the objectives set for the organisation was to ‘significantly reduce driver shortage’.
