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Retail logistics teams deliver ecommerce success - here's how

1 Retail logistics teams deliver ecommerce success - here's how

By Johan Hellman, Vice President, Product & Carrier at nShift.

Ecommerce sales are tipped to hit $8.1 trillion by 2026. So it’s no surprise that retailers of all sizes are keen to get hold of the biggest possible slice of the pie. Retail logistics and warehouse teams are the lynchpin of ecommerce operations. Here’re just four ways that logistics teams contribute to multichannel retail and ecommerce success.

XPO Logistics continues to expand its intermodal services in Europe with a new route between Italy and Germany

2 XPO Logistics continues to expand its intermodal services in Europe with a new route between Italy and Germany

XPO, the provider of sustainable end-to-end logistics solutions across Europe, has launched a new multimodal route between Italy and Germany by combining road and rail.

Cortec awarded patent for industrially compostable stretch wrap technology

3 Cortec awarded patent for industrially compostable stretch wrap technology

Cortec Corporation has been awarded a US patent for its commercially compostable industrial strength stretch film technology, also known as Eco Wrap film.

Hoist & Winch designs and manufactures outdoor-specification tandem-lifting hoist for Environment Agency

4 Hoist & Winch designs and manufactures outdoor-specification tandem-lifting hoist for Environment Agency

Hoist & Winch Ltd recently supplied a special tandem-lifting hoist system as part of improvements to Environment Agency flood defence assets at Taplow Weir on the Jubilee Relief Channel, an 11.6 km asset that reduces flood risk to 3,200 properties by diverting water from the River Thames when flows are high.

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