articleRetailing and logistics are starting to develop a negative, inverse relationship. As e-commerce levels continue to grow, volumes of parcels delivered right first time have been dropping steadily, says DA Systems MD David Upton.
productAs delivery times grow shorter, digital commerce is becoming ever more dynamic. To keep pace with these developments, businesses have to rethink and invest in new logistics concepts. The challenge today is to complete picking, packaging and shipping within a few short hours.
articleWith revenue of $98 billion US dollars and 375,000 employees, the food retailer The Kroger Co, headquartered in Cincinnati, is one of the largest retailers in the world.
newsLogistics and supply chain management training provider Logistics Learning Alliance is launching an online technical distribution course, which is one of the components of the new ‘Deliver, Offload and Position’ system (DOPsys).
articleThe Dürkopp system also allows fashion brand ACS to track individual garments using RFID technology.
articleSDI Group senior sales manager Winnie Ahrens answers key questions on garment handling.
articleUniserve has adopted Sea-GOH, a folding, hanging garment frame from Sunrise Global Innovations, to support its inbound garment services for a number of retail clients.
articleCrisplant says garment handling need not be energy intensive with its sorter ranges.
articleSEC Storage MD Steve Watts tells HSS editor Simon Duddy that great benefits can be gained from fully understanding how storage should work for your business.
newsThe European Pallet Association (EPAL) has introduced a new EPAL half pallet with three skid boards.
newsAmazon in the UK expanded its Pick-Up Location programme with its first ever same-day collection service.
newsThe growth in ecommerce has brought big business to the logistics industry and will continue to do so between now and 2018, with 92% of logistics companies seeing it as their biggest area for growth over the next four years.
newsPart- and full-time roles ahead of Christmas peak include 750 warehouse staff to work at Yodel’s parcel sorting centres.
productWaitrose has become the first supermarket in the UK to launch a trial of automated, temperature-controlled lockers for online grocery orders in third party locations.
newsLKE Group has targeted the UK to help in its bid to double turnover over the next five years.
productFollowing the recently released Which? report rating the best and worst delivery firms, Stuart Higgins, retail partner at LCP Consulting said last mile fulfilment is the new retail battleground.
articleDr Ross Moloney, CEO of Skills for Logistics, reviews the state of skills in the logistics sector and how employers can take control of the challenge this presents.
productOnline retailer claims further gains are likely as the major automation projects rolled out by the company come on stream.
newsUK and International courier ParcelHero has welcomed the survey conducted by consumer champions Which? into parcel delivery problems, and its campaign to ‘Stamp Out Dodgy Deliveries’.
articleWhat does the future hold for the logistics industry over the next decade? Dave Berridge, Secretary of the Automated Material Handling System Association (AMHSA) takes out his crystal ball.
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