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Social Media Can Report on Health of Your Product Quicker than Traditional Metrics Can

You can learn a lot by monitoring consumer conversations in social media. It can predict political elections, the Oscars and even the next reality show winner. If you are a CPG marketer, social media can also be a real-time predictor of your new product's success.

Indonesia Becomes More and More Attractive Place to Do Business

The Indonesian economy has surged forward to its highest level in years. While growth is expected to be 6.1 percent in 2012, on June 7 the Jakarta Globe reported the government reckons it to be 7.2 percent next year. (World Bank estimates previously had suggested 6.4% growth in GDP in 2013.)

CPG Group Launches Online Collaborative Platform for Members Worldwide

The Consumer Goods Forum has created what it calls the first professional online network of the retail and consumer goods industry. The purpose is enable the group's mission to facilitate industry-wide collaboration and to enable members to work together by serving shoppers, consumers and communities better, faster, with greater value and more responsibly.

Medical Tech Companies Developing Customized Growth Strategies Emerging Markets, Report Finds

Medical technology companies looking to grow globally are finding that one approach does not fit all markets, and they are developing customized growth strategies to penetrate emerging markets, with products tailored to unique local market needs. The challenge is that companies are also finding that limited visibility into globalized manufacturing and distribution chains is leading to increased risk, according to a study co-sponsored by PwC US and published by Axendia, a life sciences and healthcare advisory firm.

Pennsylvania Could Tax Cloud Sales, Depending On Where The Server Is

Just when you thought cloud computing couldn't get any more complicated and fraught with hidden gotchas, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue has jumped in to sprinkle taxation magic on your cloud business cases. What the Keystone State did - and other states are likely to follow - doesn't make cloud any less profitable, but the specifics of the cloud deployment could now impact tax costs.

Demand Chain Investment "Key to Continuing Growth" in Food + Beverage, Household Goods

Top-performing companies in the food, beverage and household products sectors that leverage the demand chain will be in the best position to continue to grow, according to the 2012 Financial Performance Report by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and PwC US, entitled Profitable Growth: Driving the Demand Chain.

Despite Uncertain Times, Growth Steady at North European Containerports, Study Finds

The North European containerport market bounced back strongly from the economic downturn. Total demand reached 57.9 million TEUs in 2011, representing an increase of 22 percent since 2009. The eastern Baltic is seeing particularly strong growth.

Dollar General Puts Major Bucks Into Pennsylvania DC to Serve 1,000 Stores

Plans for a new distribution center near Philadelphia will allow Dollar General to more effectively replenish its rapidly expanding store base.

Retailers Struggle to Make Buying Electronics in Stores Attractive Again

There is great effort now to make buying electronics in a store appealing again, but the trends are not favorable. People are increasingly buying electronics online, even if they go to stores to examine product features.

RILA Welcomes Mexico to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations

The Retail Industry Leaders Association welcomed Mexico as a negotiating partner in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP is a prospective regional free trade agreement among Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and the United States.

Webgistix Integrates Electronic Shopping Cart With SmartFill Order-Fulfillment Platform

Webgistix Corp., a provider of order-fulfillment technology for electronic commerce, has integrated its SmartFill platform with the online shopping cart of BigCommerce. As a result, the vendor said, retailers can build online stores in BigCommerce environments with two-day ground delivery of e-commerce orders to more than 98 percent of U.S. consumers.

Swisslog Debuts Order-Fulfillment System for U.S. E-Commerce

Swisslog Logistics Inc. is now offering Click+Pick, a high-speed order-fulfillment system designed for the U.S. electronic commerce market.

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