Professionals from across the intralogistics industry are preparing to get back to business at IMHX Connect, an innovative online experience that takes place from 13 – 17 September 2021. Logistics leaders will have the opportunity to engage with some of the most influential companies from the …
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Korean cosmetics supplier appoints Walker Logistic to support its UK expansion
As part of its expansion in to the European market, Korean cosmetics and personal care products giant, Atomy, has appointed Walker Logistics to manage its UK B-2-C online order fulfilment operation. Atomy employs a new type of multi-level-marketing model to generate sales: in simple terms, Atomy …
Intralogistics balancing act
Online order fulfilment is complex and brings inherent customer service challenges. Does that make it easier to make the case for greater automation within fulfilment centres, asks Charlie Walker, marketing director of Walker Logistics. For third party logistics (3PL) services companies …
Sponsorship deals put Walker Logistics in the fast lane
Walker Logistics – the online fulfilment and logistics solutions specialist – has announced that it will be sponsoring two of the drivers competing in this year’s British Touring Car Championship. Gordon Shedden (pictured) and Aron Taylor-Smith, who drive for Team Dynamics and Team Hard …
Container shortage leading to more supply chain headaches
Internet retailers and other companies that import products from the Far East to the UK are facing major supply chain disruption and increased logistics costs as a result of a global shortage of shipping containers. The scarcity of containers has pushed up shipping prices to near record highs: …
Choosing Flexi technology is the Smart choice
E-commerce supply chain specialist, Smart Services Logistics, has introduced Flexi articulated warehouse truck technology at its fulfillment facility at Chadwell St Mary, Essex. The company, which provides logistics fulfillment support to a range of clients across the Greater London area as well …
No online sales tax is good news – for now
For online retailers what the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not announce in his Spring Budget statement was arguably more significant than anything that he did unveil, says Charlie Walker, marketing director of Walker Logistics. Internet retailers were handed a major boost when the Chancellor …
Tax, tariffs and port delays are prompting UK online retailers to switch storage to Europe
A growing number of British online retailers are seeking to ease the extra customs and tax administration and costs involved in trading with the EU by shifting stock from UK warehouses to storage facilities on the Continent. “The addition of VAT, customs duties, and in some cases tariffs, on …
Crown Paints adds further Flexis to its forklift fleet
Crown Paints has added further units to its existing fleet of Flexi articulated very narrow aisle (VNA) warehouse trucks which operate at the company’s production facility in Hull. Crown has operated Flexi trucks – which are designed and built in the UK by Narrow Aisle Ltd - at the Hull site for …
