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If Collaboration Is So Essential to Success, Why Aren't More Companies Practicing It?

By now, most people know that collaboration is key to success in any line of business. This holds true in the private label industry where retailers, manufacturers and suppliers are constantly competing with premier brand names. In fact, in a recent Nielsen report, "The State of Private Label Around the World," a Nielsen consultant says that a collaborative mindset is essential to compete in the private label space.

To Save Money, Manufacturers Turn from Low-cost Labor to Smart Technologies to Boost Productivity

For the past few decades, the scramble for competitive advantage in manufacturing has largely revolved around finding new and abundant sources of low-cost labor. But with wages rising rapidly in China and other emerging markets, manufacturers worldwide are under intensifying pressure to gain advantage the old-fashioned way - by improving their productivity.

For Supply Chain, the Cloud Is Still on the Horizon

For all its promise of lower cost and easier management of software applications, cloud technology has yet to be fully embraced by supply chain managers.

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Fast and Free Shipping: Can Retailers Afford It?

Retailers are scrambling to offer free shipping for online orders. Is it a money-losing proposition?

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Omnichannel Business Leads Macy's to Open Larger Fulfillment Center on West Coast

Macy's Inc. plans to relocate its West Sacramento, Calif., direct-to-consumer fulfillment center to a larger facility in a nearby location to support continued sales growth driven by its omnichannel strategy.

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Honeywell Debuts Four Barcode Scanners for Retail

Honeywell has unveiled a new suite of Voyager barcode scanners for retailers.

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Online Grocery Delivery Is Hard Business to Make a Buck In

The online grocery delivery business seems to get more crowded - and more competitive - by the minute. Tech giants Google and Amazon.com are offering it in some major cities, and so are upstarts such as Instacart, Postmates and FreshDirect. These newcomers are battling with more established businesses such as Peapod, which has been delivering groceries for more than 20 years, and services from companies such as Wal-Mart that allow customers to place orders online and pick them up at a nearby store.

Manufacturing Capacity Is Leaving China. But Where's It Going?

We've heard it before: manufacturing is leaving China and coming back to the West. But the reality isn't that simple.

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With All the Research, Innovation at Hand, CPG Companies Largely Clueless Which Products Will Succeed

Consumer packaged goods companies have a big problem: They have almost no idea which of their new products will end up being popular with consumers. Despite big data, despite a decade of heavy investment in innovation, despite chief innovation officers and efficient R&D, failure rates for new products have hovered at 60 percent for years. Two-thirds of new product concepts don't even launch.

Is China Manipulating Its Currency?

Is China guilty, as charged by U.S. traders, of keeping its currency artificially weak?

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Artificial Intelligence Meets Inventory Optimization

Inventory optimization vendors are starting to leverage artificial intelligence as a means to optimize complex supply chains for large stock holdings and multiple stocking locations, according to the Technology Value Matrix for Inventory Optimization released by Nucleus Research.

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HighJump Issues App for In-Store Fulfillment; Partners With Unata

HighJump Software Inc. has released HighJump Retail Advantage for in-store fulfillment.

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