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Suppliers Feel the Pressure from Partners' Supply Chain Energy Initiatives

Initiatives by such retail giants as Tesco and Walmart and recent research by bodies including the University of Minnesota Institute highlight the impact suppliers within a supply chain have on a company's energy footprint, but research by renewable energy company Urban Wind suggests that policies targeting vendors' energy use are piling pressure on UK suppliers.

The Value of Selling Skills in the Transportation Industry

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How to Make B2B Sales Prospecting Suck Less

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New Software to Enforce Illegal Chemicals Supply Chain

Verify Brand, active in supply chain security software systems, says its new Verify Platform, a piece of advanced serialization, traceability and authentication software, could stop illegal, dangerous and counterfeit chemicals from entering a manufacturer's supply chain.

The Importance of Content Marketing in the Transportation Industry

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Motivating Employees to Drive More Revenue

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Usefulness of That Retail Customer Information You've Collected Is Imperiled

You know all that CRM data you've been so lovingly collecting from loyalty programs, special offers, POS systems and any other way you could find to gather shopper information? It's about to be put at risk by a data broker - and not in the way you expected.

Capitalizing Off Social Business Software and Data

Big data - the practice of analyzing large data sets - is increasingly driving value creation in organizations across all industries.

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Electronics Waste Often Shipped Illegally to Developing Nations

The disposal of computers and other electronic and electrical goods, e-waste, is a growing global problem, with much of the often dangerous junk winding up in emerging countries.

How Much Energy Does Retail Consume to Power E-commerce and Business Intelligence?

How much electricity is all of retail's e-commerce, big-data analytics and mobile shopping devouring? No one has calculated that, but a report out this month argues that all IT now consumes about 10 percent of the world's electricity.

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Walmart Reports Ecommerce Sales Grow 30 Percent

Walmart's second quarter sales climbed 2.1 percent to $68.7bn, driven by omnichannel investments in ecommerce logistics, updated mobile applications, expanded online inventory, products available for pick-up in store and rolling out fulfillment capabilities to an increasing number of supercenters.

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GAO to Probe How Administration Calculates Damage from Carbon Pollution

The investigative arm of Congress is going to look into how the Obama administration developed its increased monetary estimate for the amount of damage caused by carbon pollution.

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