Amazon is to hire more than 15,000 people to work in its fulfilment and customer service centres in the run up to Christmas – 5,000 more than last year

UK retailers could increase their profits by 4.8 per cent by better procurement – that amounts to £1.3 billion across the industry

River Island has awarded Hermes a contract extension for the provision of home delivery of all its clothes, shoes and accessories online orders

Global independent petroleum refiner, Valero, has awarded Wincanton a five-year contract renewal, to manage the scheduling and planning of its UK deliveries, including taking and managing customer orders

The Co-operative Estates has completed the sale of its former Somerfield regional distribution centre, in Pitreavie, Dunfermline, to global provider of technology solutions for the energy industry, FMC Technologies

SDI Group has moved into a new 20,000 sq ft site in Hinckley, Leicestershire, to facilitate the company’s ongoing expansion

Panther Warehousing has introduced a new assembly and installation service for consumers receiving brown or white goods, as part of its portfolio expansion

Jaama has introduced an online fleet management tool, to help businesses meet new mandatory carbon reporting regulations, which will be put in place from October 1 this year

Distribution project manager at Tesco, Danielle Kozlowska, has won the title of Women in Logistics UK’s Woman of the Year 2013, for her role in the merger between Stanley and Black & Decker

Former Kimberley-Clark European supply chain director, Peter Surtees, has launched a consultancy, to help businesses improve their supply chains