Uncertainty in forecasting retail sales volumes and a financial crisis in the freight industry is pushing up the level of risk for retailers in the run-up to Christmas, Alan Braithwaite of LCP Consulting has warned.
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Lancashire-based discount specialist B&M Retail has bought Rockpoint’s 618,839 sq ft The Vault facility at Liverpool International Business Park.
UK manufacturing is moving out of recession at last, according to the Purchasing Managers Index produced by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply and Markit.
BT has cut the fleet used to supply 27,000 service engineers with parts by over 25 per cent and removed six sites from its depot network using a transport management system developed by Skillweb to restructure its operational infrastructure over the past
DHL Supply Chain has implemented Paragon’s Fleet Controller software for its contract with Triumph office furniture.
Sports footwear retailer ASICS increased the control and visibility of its European supply chain, and boosted inventory management when it brought in a warehouse management system from Infor.
The judges in the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2009 have released details of the shortlisted companies by category
Samsung Electronics UK has renewed its UK brown goods distribution contract with NYK Logistics (UK).
Luggage retailer Tripp has signed a five-year warehousing contract with Seafield Logistics.
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