Centiro Backs Walmart’s Special Plan For Employees Making Deliveries.
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Centiro Backs Walmart’s Special Plan For Employees Making Deliveries.

Reports are emerging from America that Walmart has prematurely ended a trial which saw store employees deliver online orders on their way home from work. Initial reactions to…

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JLL research reveals sharp uptake in UK Big Box space in first half of 2018
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JLL research reveals sharp uptake in UK Big Box space in first half of 2018

JLL has published its H1 2018 UK Big Box Industrial & Logistics research, ​which reveals the following: Occupier take-up of Grade A logistics floorspace totalled 12.3 million sq…

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Matahari Department Store Selects Manhattan Associates to Orchestrate Omnichannel Fulfilment
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Matahari Department Store Selects Manhattan Associates to Orchestrate Omnichannel Fulfilment

Leading Indonesian department store retailer PT Matahari Department Store Tbk (Matahari Department Store) has selected Manhattan Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: MANH) to enable new supply chain processes and maximise service levels…

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Swisslog Delivers A Second AutoStore Installation For Ocado.
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Swisslog Delivers A Second AutoStore Installation For Ocado.

The online retailer currently has a Swisslog AutoStore in operation at a separate facility North of London, and has chosen to work with Swisslog again to install the…

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Plastic Pallets Provide Egg-cellent Solution For Fragile Deliveries.
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Plastic Pallets Provide Egg-cellent Solution For Fragile Deliveries.

Transporting fragile goods safely can be a challenge at the best of times but Steven Rimmer Eggs has cracked it thanks to the plastic pallets supplied by Goplasticpallets.com.…

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“Unboxing” Sudy Launched To Help Understand Retailers Packaging Performance.
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“Unboxing” Sudy Launched To Help Understand Retailers Packaging Performance.

Macfarlane Packaging, the country’s leading supplier of protective packaging, is this week launching its annual “unboxing”* survey designed to provide retailers with valuable feedback from consumers on their…

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Business Needs Action, Not Words, To Make Brexit A Success, Says FTA.
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Business Needs Action, Not Words, To Make Brexit A Success, Says FTA.

After a week of frenetic political developments, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) is urging politicians to refocus on the needs of business if Brexit is to be a…

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Logistics Emissions Reduction Scheme Ideal Route For Road To Zero Initiative.
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Logistics Emissions Reduction Scheme Ideal Route For Road To Zero Initiative.

The Logistics Emissions Reduction Scheme (LERS) – spearheaded by the Freight Transport Association (FTA) and sponsored by Bridgestone – has announced its support of the Government’s ambition to…

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New Tachograph Download Service From Mandata.
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New Tachograph Download Service From Mandata.

A new digital tachograph download service, which significantly improves the systemised capture of driver and vehicle tacho data, has been launched by transport management technology specialists, Mandata Ltd.…

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Rhenus Home Delivery Acquires Dutch Freight Forwarder Jos Dusseldorp Transport.
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Rhenus Home Delivery Acquires Dutch Freight Forwarder Jos Dusseldorp Transport.

Rhenus Home Delivery, the specialist for delivering goods to final customers, signed the purchase agreement to acquire the Jos Dusseldorp Transport company on 14 June 2018; the latter…

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