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Data Collected by Logistics Companies Useful for Analyzing Consumer Trends, Study Finds

January 7, 2014

Logistics companies generate huge amounts of data that could give companies competitive advantage, according to DHL's newly released "Big Data in Logistics" trend report.

LDC Joins With PostNL for Postal Delivery in U.K.

January 3, 2014

LDC

The investment firm LDC has joined with the Netherlands' PostNL to launch an end-to-end postal delivery service in the U.K.

How the Reality of Omni-Channel is Changing Transportation

December 30, 2013

Tom Nightingale, President, Logistics Business, Genco

TNT Expands Express Freight Services in 10 Countries

December 26, 2013

TNT Express

TNT Express has expanded its intercontinental Express Freight service in 10 additional countries outside Europe.

Gridlock! Can Urban Logistics Escape It?

December 20, 2013

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

All hail the omni-channel. But how can logistics providers possibly keep pace with an explosion in the number of delivery points within a city that must be served?

Route Optimization Software Improves Parcel Deliveries by Czech Republic Post Office

December 6, 2013

Quintiq

The postal system in Czech Republic is seeing significant route optimization in its daily parcel delivery operations, according to supply chain planning and optimization solution provider Quintiq.

How to Do Home Delivery Well - and Make Money?

December 2, 2013

ChainLink Research

Despite all of the news about Amazon's latest forays into home delivery, that service market really is not a new story at all. The real point is to do it well"” and do it profitably.

XPO Logistics Acquires Optima Service Solutions

November 26, 2013

XPO Logistics Inc.

XPO Logistics Inc., a provider of transportation and logistics services in North America, has acquired Optima Service Solutions, LLC, a non-asset-based specialist in last-mile logistics for retailers and manufacturers in the U.S.

U.S. Cellular Goes High-Tech With Demand Planning

November 25, 2013

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The wireless telecommunications business is, to put it mildly, competitive.

Amazon's Decison to Deliver on Sunday Called a Retail Industry 'Game-changer'

November 20, 2013

Storefront Backtalk

Amazon's announcement of Sunday delivery effectively turned the traditional e-commerce world upside down. It truly is a game-changer, not only for online retailers but also for brick-and-mortar stores that are battling for their share of sales this holiday season.