An EU-backed project to optimise freight clusters in European transport systems could ultimately benefit from the complex coordination capabilities of fourth-party logistics providers (4PLs). The scheme, dubbed Clusters 2.0, launched last year and is due to run until 2020 – part of the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme of environmentally driven research – with nearly €6 […]
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Research from UPS reveals the ‘wish list’ that UK ecommerce shoppers have when buying items from elsewhere in Europe or beyond with international shipping. When buying over such long distances, understandably logistics topics rank highly among the influencing factors. For example, UPS found that across European nationalities as a whole, 72% of shoppers want a
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A report from Deloitte has outlined the potential impact of Brexit on consumer goods suppliers, including why the UK’s exit from the European Union is likely to increase companies’ reliance on 3PL and 4PL. The analyst’s January 2018 Consumer Review reveals that a third of consumers believe goods and services in general will cost more
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