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Amazon's Plan to Avoid Delivery Delays This Holiday Shopping Season

Amazon cleared $25.6bn in the fourth quarter of 2013. A lot of Christmas wishes were no doubt fulfilled, but that holiday season is likely going to be remembered more for the packages that didn’t ship on time.

Economic Forecasting: The View Through a Cloudy Crystal Ball

Economists' predictions often disagree, but there's one thing they have in common: They're pretty much all wrong.

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DiCentral Introduces New Language Support for Its Softwarev

DiCentral Inc. has introduced a new language pack for its DiWeb 2.0 software. The new version supports four languages, including English, Chinese, French and Vietnamese, with more languages, including Japanese and Spanish to follow soon.

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WTO Says Global Trade Growth Won’t Be Quite as Robust as Initially Predicted

The World Trade Organization has slashed its forecast for world trade growth in 2014 to 3.1 percent, citing weaker-than-expected gross domestic product growth and muted import demand in the first half of the year.

The 3D Printing Revolution: How It Will Affect Procurement Strategies

3D printing is one of the hottest technology developments in supply chain today. Is it for real?

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RFID Enables Container Tracking at Aerospace Firm

U.K.-based aerospace manufacturing and logistical services firm Daher Aerospace is managing its fleet of reusable containers via a radio frequency identification solution provided by Waer Systems Ltd.

Epicor Offers Update of Eclipse ERP, ListingExpert for Amazon.com

Epicor Software Corp. has made generally available version 8.7.9 of Epicor Eclipse, its enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for wholesale distribution.

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Orchestro Releases Platform for Omnichannel Promotion Management

Orchestro Inc., a vendor of demand-analytics software, has released its Tango Cues platform.

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U.S. Housing Market Continues Its Upswing

Builder confidence in the U.S. new single-family home market was up for the fourth month in September 2014, to hit 59 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). This four-point gain elevates the index to its highest point since November of 2005.

OSHA Requires Notice of Workplace Injury within 24 Hours in Effort to 'Embarrass' Companies Into Being Careful

Starting in January, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will require employers to notify the government within 24 hours every time someone loses an eye, suffers an amputation, or gets admitted to the hospital with an injury sustained at work.

Ace Hardware Aims to Have In-store Pickup in 1000 Locations

Through its partnership with eBay Enterprise, Ace Hardware's omnichannel initiative now offers in-store pickup in many of its locations, and is moving toward making the service available in at least 1000 stores.

It Isn't Always Easy Being an Apple Supplier

Apple sold 150 million iPhones last year, each carrying dozens of parts made by other companies. That's why Apple is a perennial kingmaker among component manufacturers: Each time the company releases a model, some suppliers end up winners and others losers.

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