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Luggage retailer Tripp has increased its warehouse space by 16,000 sq ft to accommodate the increase in stock volumes required to fulfil a rise in internet orders

Norbert Dentressangle, is to use the River Seine to transport goods to 80 stores in Paris for convenience retailer Franprix

Mercedes-Benz is to target the heavy-duty short-radius distribution market with a new truck, the Antos

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

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