A rich source of savings lies in the largely unexploited practice of horizontal collaboration – going beyond the enterprise. By Nick Allen

Like all distance selling, online retailing involves a great many returns and customers are already opting for easier ways to send back unwanted good

Vista Retail, the IT service and support organisation, has signed a contract with ByBox, which enables its fleet of engineers use ByBox’s electronic locker network to receive and return parts

Ruth Waring, managing director of Labyrinth Logistics Consulting, and founder of Women in Logistics, is giving a seminar on how to make social media work for logistics, at the Logistics Link South exhibition at Sandown Park on 13th February 2013

Office Depot, has appointed Nicki Stewart to oversee the company’s recently revamped facilities supplies division in the UK and Ireland

NetDespatch has hired Alun Saunders and Anil Mirza for its project management team to support the firm’s international growth

West Midlands logistics firm Twente Express in investing £500,000 in its truck and trailer fleet as part of a wider expansion plan

Rebecca Spittle has become head of supply chain for UK and Ireland at Omega Pharma which last year bought ten pharmaceuticals brands from GlaxoSmithKline including Nytol and Solpadeine

Forth Ports, which owns the Port of Tilbury, has teamed up with developer Roxhill to build out the London Distribution Park on a 70-acre site just outside the port’s gates

UPS has formally withdrawn its offer to buy TNT Express, following the publication of the European Commission’s notice prohibiting the deal