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Solution Promised to Problem of Keeping Personal, Business Data on Employees' Smartphones

Late next year, consumers will be able to buy smartphones that either come with native "hypervisor" software or use an app allowing them to run two interfaces on the phone: one for personal use, one for work.

BYOD May Be Much More Widespread in Companies Than Management Realizes

Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) is top of mind for most CIOs and IT leaders these days, but only a fraction of the IT organizations that have opened the BYOD door have gone beyond allowing access to company email and instant messaging, according to a recent study by Blue Coat, Web security and WAN optimization company. Blue Coat also found that IT staff and other company employees have dramatically different perspectives on security when it comes to mobile devices.

Supply Chain Flexibility With 3PL Partners

David Griffith, senior vice president of logistics at MIQ Logistics, discusses how current economic pressures are driving customers to push for more flexibility from their supply chain partners and how MIQ Logistics manages its labor, space and systems infrastructure to provide that agility.

Food, Private Equity, Cross-Border Transactions Drive U.S. Retail, Consumer Deals

Corporations spinning off businesses, private equity investment in retail, continued cross-border activity and expansion into e-commerce drove retail and consumer merger and acquisition activity in the third quarter of 2012, according to PwC's US retail and consumer M+A insights report.

Is This the Unlikeliest Place to Put a Manufacturing Plant?

What does it take to convince a manufacturer to locate a plant in the U.S.? How about in California, one of the most highly regulated and difficult states in which to operate? (It ranked 40th in CNBC's latest survey "America's Top States for Business." What about the San Francisco Bay Area, with its prohibitive cost of living, high population density and even more onerous regulatory environment?

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The Critical Impact of Trade Promotions on Your Supply Chain

It's an often overlooked area of the supply chain, with a woeful record of success. Josefin Aspegren, marketing director with Optilon, talks about the challenge of assessing the efficacy of trade-promotion programs.

Could Africa's Growing GDP Be Magnet It Needs for Attracting Manufacturing?

The strongest case Africa presents for its attractiveness to manufacturing is its GDP growth. The continent is home to six out of the top 10 countries that are experiencing economic growth, according to an analysis by the Economist. Over the past decade, it has been the second-fasting growing region in the world, averaging growth of 5.1 percent during that period.

Social Media Data Can Be on Front Line of Your Competitive Strategy

In many companies, marketers have been first movers in social media, tapping into it for insights on how consumers think and behave. As social technologies mature and organizations become convinced of their power, they will take on a broader role: informing competitive strategy.

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Percentage of Those Planning to Spend More on Holiday Shopping This Year Is Up

Some 19 percent of consumers plan to spend more or substantially more (5 percent) on holiday gifts this year versus last year, according to the ICSC-Goldman Sachs 2012 Holiday Spending Intentions Survey. This is the highest percentage of consumers reporting they intend to increase spending over the previous holiday season since the International Council of Shopping Centers began asking the question in 2004.

Most Retailers Aim for Consistency Across All Channels

Nearly 60 percent of retailers say delivering a consistent customer experience across all touch points is their number one priority this holiday season, according to survey results released by RedPrairie Corporation. And to help them meet this goal, 29 percent of retailers indicate they will hire more seasonal workers this year than last.

Theft Ring Victimizes Stores and Customers with Compromised PIN Pads

A ring of Canadian thieves who were caught with 30,700 stolen payment-card numbers is providing a view inside the process of tampering with PIN pads - and it's not pretty. On November 9, Toronto police said a five-man gang had tens of thousands of stolen card numbers on PCs and USB thumb-drives, along with at least a dozen stolen POS devices.

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