UK marketing chief John Stocker explains the automotive specialist’s strategy to Johanna Parsons

As retail chains write down their store assets and high streets atrophy, home delivery becomes increasingly important in the over-all “cost to serve”. Is the model sustainable or will something have to change?

Over five million square feet of big box building developed before the downturn have now been taken up – so what’s left? Liza Helps investigates

A shortage of the right type of stock is causing headaches for occupiers even in the oversupplied North, reports Liza Helps

Getting paid is still tough, but buyers are becoming far more aware of the plight of suppliers and are using new financial tools to help cash flow through the chain more easily. By Nick Allen

Massive e-commerce is driving rapid growth in the number of packages being delivered each year, so companies are going to have to think hard about their packaging systems and materials, says Johanna Parsons

It’s no longer just a multi-channel world. It’s now omni-channel, and to succeed in this developing environment takes technology. Johanna Parsons sizes up the requirements

It’s an idea that started in Australia, and now SfL is rolling it out here

The news that Morrisons is doing a deal with Ocado is no great surprise given the fact that discussions have been going on for several months

Asda will give all surplus food stock sent by its suppliers to the charity FareShare – an estimated 3.6 million meals a year