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Recycled Office Furniture Market in U.S. Expected to Near $2.7Bn by 2020

Technavio analysts forecast the recycled office furniture market in the United States to reach $2.68bn by 2020.

Enspire Commerce Issues Update of Omnichannel Customer Platform

Enspire Commerce, provider of a cloud-based, omnichannel customer-engagement platform, has released a new version of its omnichannel order-management system (OMS).

Corporate America Does About-Face, Moves Back Downtown

For decades, many of the nation's biggest companies staked their futures far from the fraying downtowns of aging East Coast and Midwestern cities. One after another, they decamped for sprawling campuses in the suburbs and exurbs. Now, corporate America is moving in the other direction.

Combined Segments of Shampoo Market Could Top $29Bn by 2020

According to the latest market study released by Technavio, the overall global hair shampoo market is expected to grow at a CAGR of approximately 2 percent through 2020, exceeding $29bn in value, according to Technavio research.

Collaboration Soothes Tense Manufacturer-Supplier Relationships

Effective supply chain communication is critical to virtually every area of your manufacturing business. Relationships between suppliers and OEMs can sometimes be tenuous but they require intense collaboration to work.

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Vizio Finds Too Much Static in Holding Suppliers to Labor, Environmental Standards

Vizio Inc. puts more trust into third-party contractors than many television companies. Rather than relying on its own factories, the Irvine firm has outside manufacturers do the handiwork, allowing Vizio to lower costs for itself and consumers.

JDA Teams With Category Management Association on Consumer Demand App

JDA Software Group, Inc. has partnered with the Category Management Association (CMA) on a new version of CMA's CatMan application.

Millennials Don't Have Loyalty to Brands That Previous Groups Had

Retailers will need to do some serious marketing and brand shifting going forward given the biggest consumer base, those millennials, aren't as loyal or brand committed as previous generations of consumers.

So, Maybe Plastic Isn't So Bad for Environment After All?

There isn't a single person in the plastics industry who hasn't been regularly bombarded with concerns from all sides about the environmental costs of plastic production and use. But a new study takes some of the sting out, finding the environmental cost of using plastics in consumer goods and packaging is nearly four times less than replacing plastics with alternative materials.

U.S., UK Shoppers Wary of Retailers' Ability to Protect Personal Data, Survey Finds

While consumers are shopping online more and more, they remain concerned about whether retailers can be trusted with their personal data, according to a survey from Periscope, a retail performance optimization provider.

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Was That Easy? Staples Experiments With Ordering at Push of a Button

Many retailers are likely familiar with and perhaps even own a Staples Easy Button. They may have even tapped the tchotchke a time or two, prompting the bright red plastic button to cheerfully chirp the office supply retailer's tagline, "That was easy!" But calling out the retailer's tagline was the extent of the Easy Button's capabilities. Until now.

APICS Debuts Toolkit for Supporting Women in Manufacturing

APICS, the professional association for supply-chain management, has created a new toolkit to support women in manufacturing.

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