Home Delivery Network has won a contract with fashion retailer River Island.

Norbert Dentressangle says it expects that full-year performance will be hampered by the deterioration in the business environment in the final quarter of 2008.

Marks & Spencer is responding to the downturn in the retail market with plans to manage its supply chain more tightly.

Creating value in the supply chain has a close relationship with cutting out waste – and one of the best ways of removing waste from the supply chain is to automate repetitive processes that add little value.

Under these testing economic circumstances, detailed planning and supply chain optimisation are going to be crucial factors in maintaining commercial and financial performance. But now, with global supply chains comes complexity and risk. Can technology o

What used to take three months, now takes one day.

No, this is not DHL’s answer to rising fuel prices: 50 disabled people in wheelchairs amazed crowds after they pulled this 65-tonne DHL cargo plane into the Guinness World Record books. Seated in manual wheelchairs, the 50 participants used strength and s

At the time of writing we seem to be teetering on the edge of a combination of global financial meltdown and a situation where, across the world, banks are effectively nationalised. It’s enough to make Marx and Engels dance a jig.

Finding the right people in time to help deal with Christmas peak volumes is crucial for distribution companies to maintain good service levels. JESSICA DAVIES reports.

Despite being told that there is more space on the market, occupiers are being warned to prepare themselves for the credit crunch fallout. Liza Helps investigates.