The Travis Perkins Group, the UK's largest supplier to the building and construction market, plans to invest in a 700,000-square-foot regional distribution center in Warrington, Cheshire.

Barcoding Inc., a provider of enterprise-wide mobility solutions, has completed the acquisition of Miles Technologies Inc. in order to increase its presence in the central region of the United States and expand its radio frequency identification capabilities.

Goodman, the integrated property company that owns, develops and manages logistics space globally, has commenced the construction of a new logistics centre for Daimler AG in Bremen.

The days of selling within seasons are long gone; sales periods that once spanned months have now shrunk to weeks. This "multiplier" effect presents retailers with huge challenges, because shoppers want the latest, most fashionable products immediately.

The Open Group has published the Open Trusted Technology Provider Standard (O-TTPS), the first complete standard published by The Open Group Trusted Technology Forum (OTTF) and which will benefit global providers and acquirers of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) products.

WaveMark, active in "Real-Time Healthcare Supply Chain Innovation", has introduced the latest release of its RFID- and barcode-enabled mobility application, SalesView, for medical device suppliers.

Worldwide corporate PC spending is falling dramatically with new data revealing a 11.2 percent decline in shipments from quarter one in 2012.

The food supply chain has been a hot topic recently, with the horsemeat scandal creating a whirlwind of interest in an area which before had ticked along without very much attention at all.

The credit squeeze resulting from the recession put the focus firmly on supply chain finance as major corporations got to grips with the fact that some of their suppliers were struggling to finance their activities.