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This Company Is Implanting Microchips in Its Workers

You'll never forget your work badge if it's implanted in your flesh.

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Traces of Controversial Herbicide Were Found in Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream

A growing number of foods commonly found in kitchens across America have tested positive for glyphosate, the herbicide that is the main ingredient in the popular consumer pesticide Roundup, which is widely used in agriculture.

Erasing the Line Between E-Commerce and Retail Store Fulfillment

Separate fulfillment streams for e-commerce and retail stores? Those days are over.

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ERP 101: Here's How the Software Improves Business Performance

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software doesn't live up to its acronym. Forget about planning - it doesn't do much of that - and forget about resource, a throwaway term.

Opinion: Warehouses Are Going Underwater - Literally

I have in front of me US Patent 9,624,034 B1, titled, Aquatic Storage Facilities. The applicant is Amazon Technologies, Inc., and the idea is to use either man-made pools or natural bodies of water to store goods while waiting for fulfillment orders.

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Amazon's Threat to Traditional Transportation Providers

For transportation providers in the e-commerce era, the choice is clear: disrupt, or be disrupted.

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Sears Is Giving Shoppers Even Fewer Reasons to Go to Its Stores

Shares of Sears Holdings soared as much as 19 percent last week to their highest level this year, after the limping retailer announced plans to sell its Kenmore appliances on Amazon.com.

How thredUP Upends the Thrift-Shop Concept

It's a sign of the times that an online secondhand apparel store is running a national TV advertising campaign - and that there is a large online secondhand apparel store to begin with.

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Target Tests New Curbside Pickup Program

After pulling the plug on a vendor pilot program last year, Target is testing its own internal app for curbside pickup in Minneapolis, using associates to kick the tires on its performance before rolling it out to customers.

Unilever Cuts Costs on Flights, Products As Activists Circle

Unilever is sharpening its focus on profitability by lifting prices and cutting spending on everything from employee flights to product ingredients as activist investors take aim at consumer-goods giants wrestling with slow growth.

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Water Reduction, Energy Efforts Achieve $72,000 Savings at Meat Processing Plant

Italian meat processor and producer Inalca SpA's projects to reduce water and energy use at its plant in Rieti, Italy, resulted in annual savings of 3.7 million gallons of water and more than $72,000.

Opinion: The Augmented Reality Boom Will Transform Phones - and Business

Augmented reality is frivolous, we're told. It's mainly for gimmicks and games. But an important transformation is about to get under way. Starting next year, AR will begin transforming enterprise communications, logistics, manufacturing, analytics, product design, training, marketing, field service and more.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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