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Staying Alive in an Ever-Changing Retail Landscape

The traditional holiday shopping season is shaping up to be a microcosm of the big changes that are roiling retailers every day.

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A Prescription for the Ills of Medical Supply Chains

Waste in the use of high-value medical devices amounts to some $5bn year. No wonder healthcare costs are soaring.

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Tear Up Your Paper: E-Invoicing Is Coming to the E.U.

News out of the European Union these days seems to be all about divisiveness and imminent economic chaos. So it's easy to overlook the latest reforms that promise to make life easier for traders doing business in the region.

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Advice for Shippers Facing Rising Freight Rates in 2017

A message to shippers who have been paying rock-bottom rates for truck transport over the last couple of years: next year, that ride is likely to come to an end.

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Big Trucks Will Have to Get Cleaner - And Industry Is Fine With That

Federal regulators are mandating drastic reductions in emissions from heavy-duty trucks over the next 10 years. And truck manufacturers and big shippers alike are applauding the move.

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Walmart Buys E-Commerce Startup Jet.com - But Can It Catch Amazon?

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. might be running a distant second to Amazon.com Inc. in the e-commerce race, but it's spending billions of dollars to close the gap.

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Walmart Shrinks Delivery Window; Turns Up Pressure on Suppliers

The requirements for being a supplier of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. just keep getting tougher.

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The Painful Lessons of the Hanjin Bankruptcy

Having weathered numerous downturns in the past, major container lines might have thought they were immune from the laws of supply and demand. Now they know better.

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How Amazon's Prime Day Creates New Challenges for Traditional Retailers

First there was Black Friday. Then Cyber Monday. And now, Amazon.com's Prime Day. Why do retailers invite peak-demand headaches?

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After Brexit: How European Supply Chains Will Be Transformed

It's been more than two months since the United Kingdom voted to withdraw from the European Union, but the shock waves aren't close to subsiding - especially with regard to the impact on global supply chains.

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New E.U. Privacy Law Will Hit Every Company Holding Europeans' Personal Data

Many Americans appear to believe that the exposure of their personal information on the internet is inevitable. But European regulators are having none of that.

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Fast and Free: Can Smaller Online Retailers Meet Consumers' Delivery Demands?

Amazon.com can meet e-commerce shoppers' demand for both fast and free delivery. But what about its smaller rivals?

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