Online fashion retailing is booming, but effective fulfilment is critical to meeting customer expectations of keen prices, fast turn-around times and a high level of service. Dan Meadows looks at how investment in logistics paid off for ASOS, one of the U

Retailers are facing increasing supply chain complexity. With growing competition from online retailers many leading high street players are adopting an integrated multi-channel retail strategy in order to meet the varied demands of the consumer. But such

When it comes to strategic outsourcing, cost and service benefits can be taken for granted – the key factor to look for, argues NICK CULLEN, is innovation.

Retailers are rightly concerned about that last mile in the home delivery process, and how their goods arrive on our doorsteps.

Retail is changing fast. Multi-channel retailing is the name of the game for leading high street brands, but a strategic mix of online and physical stores is far from simple to manage, as the world”s second largest computer maker is finding out.

A major employment park, providing general industrial and distribution accommodation for Widnes in Cheshire came a step closer with the news that Widnes Regeneration, the joint venture between St Modwen Properties and Halton Borough Council, has acquired

Developer Wrenbridge has secured planning for a 100,000 sq ft warehouse scheme in Papworth, Cambridgeshire.

When it is not hauling freight around the rail network, EWS takes on the rather more glamorous role of running the Royal Train.

Kuehne + Nagel has appointed Reinhard Lange successor to chief executive Klaus Herms.

When Skills for Logistics was granted its original licence in early 2004, one of the objectives set for the organisation was to ‘significantly reduce driver shortage’.