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States Ramp Up Efforts to Tax Online Sales

The explosive growth of online retailing over the last 20 years has increased the pressure on states to seek to enforce sales and use taxes on online purchases.

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Canada Acts to Ban Microbeads in Consumer Products

Canada's federal government has officially listed microbeads as a toxic substance, giving it the ability to ban the plastic beads used in cleansers.

Market for Point-of-Sale Terminals to Reach $8Bn by 2020, Research Suggests

The global point-of-sale terminals market is expected to reach close to $8bn in revenue by 2020, according to Technavio's Global POS Terminals Market report.

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Still Doing Performance Management Reviews - and Still Demotivating Your Employees?

What happens after companies jettison traditional year-end evaluations?

Retailers Learn to Make Good First Impression with Email Campaigns

You only get one chance to make a first impression, and retailers are applying this truism to their email marketing efforts.

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Majority of Large-Cap U.S. Companies Disclose Sustainability Efforts, Results, Report Says

Corporate sustainability disclosure and reporting is now the norm for large-cap companies in the U.S., according to a Governance & Accountability Institute report.

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Retailers Need to Redefine What 'Store' Means

A large number of traditional retailers are struggling to grow profitably. In addition to bankrupt retailers like Sports Authority, many others are closing stores. Yet, the "Beast from Seattle" continues to thrive ... posting double-digit year-over-year growth, and now even quarterly profits.

Chinese Continue Their Online Buying Spree of Goods from Abroad

More than 15 percent of Chinese will purchase e-commerce goods from abroad this year, according to a recent eMarketer report.

Most Americans Shop Online - Some Up to Five Hours a Week, Report Says

As many as 96 percent of Americans are now shopping online, averaging about five hours a week making online purchases. A recent survey and report from Bigcommerce in partnership with Kelton Global looked at the online shopping habits of 1,000 U.S. consumers and found that online shopping is becoming a necessity for some consumers.

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Analytics, Mobile, Sensors, Beacons, IoT Enable Retailers to Optimize Operations From End to End

The Internet of Things (IoT) has finally matured to where frictionless retail is becoming real.

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Real-Time Location System Enables Clinic to Keep Tabs on Patients, Employees, Assets

Since opening last month, the new Stanford Children's Health Specialty Services - Sunnyvale clinic has received the best patient satisfaction survey results of any of Stanford Children's Health 60-some facilities. The health-care company attributes the high patient satisfaction levels, in large part, to a real-time location system that enables the staff to find patients, personnel and assets efficiently, says Lee Kwiatkowski, Stanford Children's Health's director of ambulatory transformation.

E-Commerce Continues to Drive Changes in Warehousing, Logistics, Institute Reports

As larger U.S. retailers continue to close underperforming stores with more customers choosing to shop online from their own homes, big-box store vacancies have increased in recent years. But with online sales only increasing and more small shop spaces mimicking the online sales environment, the biggest impacts are being reflected in warehouse space and logistics.

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