As consumers tighten their purse strings, retailers are facing a cold Christmas. Can global sourcing deliver the right goods at the price needed to entice the shoppers back?
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‘Inventory is bad,’ says Dell’s vp, EMEA manufacturing and business operations, EMEA, one of the people who oversee the firm’s legendary direct to consumer model
The latest contract logistics rankings published by Transport Intelligence in its annual report, “European Logistics Leaders 2005”, show that UK provider Exel, which is subject to a takeover bid by Deutsche Post, remains the largest global provider
The vast majority of MHE equipment is no longer bought outright. We look at the reasons behind this.
Global shipping and logistics provider GAC Group has taken over multinational freight forwarder Benair Freight International from the Dart Group for £5.1M.
With an increasing number of businesses relying on collaborative technologies for efficient trading with international partners, IT service management (ITSM) is coming to the fore. Jane Seeley explains what IT service management is and why it should be on
If there’s one subject I encounter wherever I go in Europe, it’s the question of the shortage of relevant skills in the logistics industry. Of course, this shortage varies in form from country to country but the underlying problem does not bode well for E
With thousands of hotels and restaurants close together, inner London is a huge business potential for food suppliers. However, there is a costly downside – traffic congestion, the £5 daily congestion charge and the increased fuel costs due to the constan
Construction is one of the UK’s largest industries. Contributing 10% to the UK’s GDP its output is three times that of agriculture and larger than any single manufacturing industry. It also has the largest workforce – employing more than two million peopl
Papers from the ninth annual PhD workshop available
