Logistics & Material Handling News, Videos, Research and Product Reviews

By Johan Hellman, VP Product and Carrier, nShift.

Building brand loyalty in retail and ecommerce is getting harder. Despite spending increasing sums on discounts and promotions to entice new customers, retailers struggle with one-time purchasers and serial purchase-and-return consumers. What’s more, they must contend with rising marketing and logistics costs.

Warehouse technology provider, Synergy Logistics, has promoted Brian Kirst to Chief Commercial Officer as business continues to ramp up.

Port Houston, a top five container port in the U.S., will host its 3rd annual Houston International Maritime Conference (HIMC24) on November 6-8, 2024 at Hilton Americas in Downtown Houston.

FedEx Express has begun a two-week pilot of an eActros 300 tractor, an all-electric vehicle from Mercedes-Benz Trucks.

Skechers has halved the amount of space needed to store close to 100,000 tote boxes and improved pick speeds and picking accuracy with the introduction of AirRob – a new automated, high density tote storage and picking solution from LiBiao Robotics.

Hines, the global real estate investor, developer and manager, has made its debut in the European self-storage sector via the acquisition of a three-asset portfolio in the south east of England.

As demand for cold and frozen storage surges amid a critical shortage of space, selecting the right racking system along with state-of-the-art pallet shuttle technology can help processors store and retrieve products more efficiently.

Kenco, the third-party logistics (3PL) provider, has implemented AutoStore, the automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS), at the company’s Jeffersonville, Ind. distribution centre.  

Outside of fantasy novels, nobody has a crystal ball to see into the future. However, postal services and logistics companies are building digital twins to achieve just that. Powered by data-driven virtual models that can simulate real-world operations, digital twins are allowing the sector to predict the future and plan for it.

Since the pandemic, Structure-flex, the Norfolk-based manufacturer of thermoplastic products has seen continually increasing demand for the side curtains it produces for new and existing heavy goods vehicles.

Manhattan Associates Inc. has announced that global energy management and industrial automation organisation, Schneider Electric has chosen Manhattan Active Warehouse Management and Manhattan Active Transportation Management to supercharge its global distribution and transportation network as part of an ongoing business-wide transformation strategy.