Despite its position on the periphery of Europe the UK is one of the largest logistics markets in Europe with some 150 million sq m of warehouse stock. Thanks to confidence by developers in the speculative building market, coupled with an appetite by reta
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All too often public sector procurement falls short of best practice. Alastair James believes there are seven common errors that public sector procurement needs to guard against. Here are the seven deadly sins of public sector procurement.
The swift advance of the US army on Baghdad was, among other things, enabled by the use of advanced RFID in the supply lines. BY Prof DR Walther Ploos Van Amstel, Daniel Uiterwijk And Flip Wubben
Diane Carter, Sainsbury’s zone managing director (East), is to become ECR UK’s new retail co-chair
‘We don’t have too many direct logistics problems,’ says Birgitte Stalder-Olsen.
Demand levels from occupiers, propped up by consumer spending, has boosted developer’s confidence in investing in more speculative schemes across the continenet. Research from Atisreal in France points to Bordeaux as an area to watch, while King Sturge hi
The Benelux region’s popularity as a central location for European Distribution operations is off-set by an increasing problem with road congestion. Many hopes are being pinned on the yet-to-open Betuwe Line, a railway for goods transport from Rotterdam
As Tesco commits to carbon labelling, Carrefour sets up an ‘Environment club’ and M&S pledges to spend €300m on being carbon neutral by 2012, the stakes are riding high to secure the moral high ground in the battle for green consumers. But in these unchar
Winning the hearts and minds of customers should be central to any retailer’s forward strategy, say Daniel Bagge and Keith Burgess. Research indicates that 79 per cent of customers will actively commit to a deeper relationship after a satisfying experienc
AILOG and the Cattaneo LIUC University of Castellanza in Italy surveyed 35 leading companies in the beverage, pharmaceutical and home & personal care sectors, in order to gain a greater understanding of the interplay between Sales Forecasting and Demand
