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 …
HR strategies will be key to post-pandemic logistics
As industry and commerce gears up for the post-pandemic ‘new normal’, supply chain talent specialist Bis Henderson Recruitment is seeing a marked upturn in demand for senior Human Resource (HR) executives. Leigh Anderson, Managing Director at Bis Henderson Recruitment says, “Logistics operators, …
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 …
A dynamic food sector requires highly specified, flexible warehouse space – but where is it?
Matt Whittaker, Commercial Director at Bis Henderson Space, examines the challenges for a dynamic food sector seeking highly specified, flexible warehouse space When it comes to warehousing, the food sector presents many unique challenges. It can seem that almost every ingredient or product has …
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: …
What’s happened to the flexibility in warehousing that businesses desperately need?
Economists predict that the UK economy will show a dramatic recovery from the pandemic – but this could be curtailed by a simple shortage of storage space, writes Matt Whittaker, Commercial Director at Bis Henderson Space. Our clients tell us of a serious market failure, yet, extraordinarily, in the …
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 …
