productTHE ECOMMERCE boom during the Covid-19 pandemic has boosted demand for online retail across Europe, with brand stores and smaller sales platforms having to compete against the big retailers and marketplaces.
productGYM EQUIPMENT provider Concept2 has chosen 2-person delivery company ArrowXL to handle the delivery of its product range to households across the UK.
newsNetherlands-based Getinge has expanded its partnership with XPO Logistics.
newsThe global logistics property group signed leases for 244 million sq ft of warehousing, driven by record levels of renewal leases and e-commerce demand.
newsThe CEO of DHL says governments are not adequately prepared for the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, and says delays are mainly down to a lack of last-mile storage and delivery capacity.
newsWORK HAS completed on a £5.5 million transport infrastructure project that will pave the way for a major new business park development near Redditch.
productHOWARD TENENS Logistics and Toolstation have scooped partnership of the year at the prestigious Logistics UK awards.
newsThe 370,942 sq ft speculative warehouse and distribution centre in Derby Commercial Park has been leased to the 3PL by developer Panattoni.
articleCourier comparison site ParcelHero says many of Britain’s favourite High Street stores are doomed to an online-only existence. Their future success depends a lot on the final mile, says ParcelHero’s head of consumer research, David Jinks MILT.
articleMechan is supplying a multidisciplinary main contractor, Winvic Construction, with a bespoke rail traverser for a new £29 million Intermodal Rail Freight Terminal that is being constructed for Prologis at its DIRFT intermodal logistics park in Northamptonshire.
newsBoohoo has announced a deal to buy Debenhams for £55m.
articleWincanton MD of Digital & eFulfilment, Paul Durkin says the pandemic has pulled online fulfilment investment forward or many firms.
productMercian Logistics, member of The APC network, has opened a new operational parcel depot at Barnwood Point, Corinium Avenue, Gloucester.
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newsTHE 3PL has appointed Ian Hunt to the post which will focus on driving forward automation, robotics and warehouse initiatives at Wincanton.
newsPALOMA CAPITAL and leading real estate developer, Graftongate, have joined forces to acquire a 2.31-acre site in North London from Lifestory.
newsICON INDUSTRIAL, a strategic joint venture by leading commercial property developer, Stoford Developments and private global investment firm, TPG Real Estate, has received approval for a second phase of development at Icon Harlow in Essex.
newsTHE NEW purpose-built depot In Bolton is planned in Autumn 2021.
newsChris Evans, international supply chain specialist at Colliers International, takes stock of the current situation in ports across the UK and considers what’s next for supply chain logistics in 2021.
newsMARS HAS today announced a multi-year partnership with logistics leader DHL. The landmark project will see the construction of two warehousing facilities.
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