B&M Retail is putting four times more cargo through the Port of Liverpool in 2012 than it did last year, after signing a contract with Peel Ports Mersey to import 12,000 TEUs of cargo
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The growth of multi-channel operations is transforming the way UK retailers do business – and that includes supply chain operations and opportunities for logistics providers
To an outsider it must look slightly schizophrenic. On the one hand retailers and suppliers are looking for ways to take vehicles off the road. On the other, retailers are increasingly demanding next day delivery of ambient goods.
Major supply chain IT projects can deliver significant benefits, but when things go wrong the penalties of failure soon hit the headlines – and the bottom line
German retail giant Metro is reorganising its logistics function and consolidating its cross-divisional logistics activities under one management function
Matalan has signed a three year agreement with Advanced Supply Chain to provide a range of pre-retail operations as part of a move to reduce input costs
Munich-based multi-channel retailer HSE24 has renewed its contract with DHL
LCP Consulting has appointed Hannah Green as principal consultant to its retail team
Fashion retailer Superdry has invested £1.5 million in new distribution premises in Brockworth
The web and mobile communications are fundamentally changing the way people shop, and challenging traditional bricks and mortar retailers, according to Manhattan Associates, which has released its predictions for retail shopping in 2012
