The growth in e-commerce played a key role in enabling UPS to increase volumes and profits in the first quarter. And the group revealed that it is back on the acquisition trail following its failed bid for TNT
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Sales fell by one per cent at Norbert Dentressangle in the first quarter to €949m. The fall was attributed to an increase in the number of public holidays affecting sales in the Transport business. Daily business levels were stable, it said
John Lewis will talk about its cost saving automation and meeting the growing demands of multi-channel retailing at the Logistics Manager Summit at Sandown Park on 26th June
PD Ports has launched a new brand aiming to highlight the group’s port centric logistics capabilities, PD Portcentric Logistics
The Freight Transport Association has warned that measures to restrict lorries in a report on cycling by MPs would be economically damaging
Fraikin has been awarded a second major contract with Sainsbury’s, which will see the company manage and maintain a further 350 of the supermarket chain’s home delivery trucks
Schuh, the footwear retailer, has awarded CollectPlus a contract to handle its parcel deliveries and returns
Hicks Logistics has joined the Fortec Distribution Network. It will now invest in a 20,000 sq ft warehouse, attached to its existing Caldicot-based 25,000 sq ft facility, in preparation for its new relationship with Fortec
Norbert Dentressangle’s freight forwarding division has opened a second office in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, less than two years after the company’s launch in Latin America
Cargo airline Cargolux made a US$35.1 million loss in 2012 – an improvement on the $57m loss budgeted by the airline for the year. Sales for the year were $1.7 billion
