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Are You Doing Everything to Make Your Customer's Online Experience a Positive One?

It's no secret that competition in online retail sales is a cutthroat business.

U.S. Companies Still Tempted to Shift Domiciles Abroad to Take Advantage of Lower Corporate Taxes

When President Barack Obama said last September that he would get tough on companies that avoid tax through "inversions" - merging with or buying foreign firms so as to shift their domicile abroad - some wondered if this would end a wave of corporate emigration.

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Bracing for Supply Chain Sticker Shock

For most of the past three decades, private equity firms and other investors have relied on two simple questions to assess the supply chains of the companies in which they've invested: Are our companies leveraging low-cost country supply sources and are they keeping supply chain costs in check? Deeper inquiries have always seemed unnecessary, so private equity firms and investors have focused on other aspects of the businesses they own to drive value.

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DuPont Reportedly Scores Highest Among Chemical Companies Striving to Lower Carbon Footprint

DuPont leads the chemical industry in preparing for a low-carbon economy, according to CDP's latest quarterly sector research report.

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Closing Gap Between Bricks-and-Mortar Stores, Online Shopping

Consumers don't see "channels." They are time-starved and information-rich, and use technology that they carry around in their pockets and purses to find the best solutions to their lifestyle needs.

The Number of Employees, Including C-suite Execs, Working From Home Is Rising

Diebold CEO Andy Mattes can't just stroll down the hall at his company's headquarters in Canton, Ohio, to confer with his top executives over coffee. That's because many don't work there. His chief strategist works and lives 2,100 miles away in San Jose; his chief marketing officer is in Boston.

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Technology Revolutionizes How Farmers Boost Production

New technologies are making food production more efficient and more environmentally sound. In fact, farmers are using everything from crop modeling tools to drones to generate higher yields.

The 5 Cs of Outsourcing Concerns and How to Address Them

Like many of their larger competitors, today's mid-market companies are beginning to focus on expanding their footprint. The economy is strengthening in a number of areas and based on recent indicators, confidence is increasing as well. One of the challenges, however, is that while the basic fundamentals of responsible business growth haven't changed, the landscape for technology and supply chain solutions has shifted remarkably since the manufacturing sector downturn in 2008-2009.

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Mobile Payments Not Catching On? Just Give Them Time.

Smartphones have yet to displace cash or credit cards at the retail point of sale. But give them time.

Retailers Concerned About 'Experience, Not Things' Mantra

As Americans spend more money on doing things, not buying things, department stores are losing out.

UK Anti-slavery Act Mandates Compliance By Oct. 15, 2015

In March 2015, the United Kingdom passed the Modern Slavery Act, the first of its kind in Europe.

Transportation, Logistics Company Merger Deals Heat Up in Second Quarter 2015

A rash of "mega-deals" during the second quarter of 2015 have made transportation and logistics one of the hottest mergers and acquisitions sectors, boosting the average deal value to $564m, according to a recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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