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Retailers Offer Delayed Shipping Options to Avoid Peak Charges

Retailers are contending with a new challenge as this year’s holiday shopping season heats up: extra shipping fees during the busiest weeks.

Americans Are Feeling Richer These Days, But They Won't Necessarily Be Spending More on Gifts

Will shoppers really spend more this holiday season than they did last year? It depends on whom you ask.

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Apple Is Under Fire Over Reported Illegal Labor to Build iPhone X

Apple has been accused of relying on students working illegal overtime to build the iPhone X, through its contractor Foxconn, which manufactures the devices in Zhengzhou, China.

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Supply Chain Fraud High Despite Analytics Use, Survey Shows

Levels of supply chain fraud remain high despite an increase in organizations using analytics to mitigate fraud, waste and abuse, according to a Deloitte survey.

Shopify, UPS Cut Deal to Lower Rates for Online Retailers

Christmas is coming early for smaller retailers looking to boost online sales.

The New American Apparel: Claims of 'Ethically Made' Abroad Clash With Reality

Under a page headlined "Sweatshop Free Stories" on American Apparel's website is a video profile of a young Honduran man, Heber Lopez, a garment worker at one of the factories in San Antonio, Honduras responsible for producing the retailer's clothing.

Q&A: How Retailers Are Facing an Evolving Secondary Sales Market

An awful lot of ink is spilled in the business press about the pressure brick-and-mortar retailers feel from Amazon and e-commerce in general, but not nearly as much attention is paid to the challenge they feel from the secondary market.

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Retailers Experiment With a New Philosophy: Smaller Is Better

Brick-and-mortar retail chains, known for sprawling stores that stock a bit of everything, are trying to lift sagging sales using a different strategy: cozier spaces that sell very little of anything.

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Q&A: Supply Chain Strategies and Challenges at True Value

Every retail company has to cope with the changes mandated by operating in an omnichannel world, and seasonality confronts every one of them with pressures they don't see the rest of the year. But for companies in the retail hardware space, e-commerce and seasonal business peaks carry their own special challenges.

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Amazon's Cashierless Store Is Almost Ready for Prime Time

For the past year, Amazon employees have been test driving Amazon Go, an experimental convenience store in downtown Seattle. The idea is to let consumers walk in, pick up items and then pay for them without ever standing in line at a cashier.

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A Pharma Giant Looks for Help in Pushing Suppliers to Slash Carbon Emissions

Three years ago, GlaxoSmithKline set up an online Supplier Exchange to enlist suppliers in a bid to meet carbon-reduction goals. Now it's found a familiar partner to manage that community.

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Coming to Your Local Mall: Online Retailers Beloved by Millennials

Landlords of top U.S. malls used to rent most of their space to the biggest national retailers, which boasted the best credit and the most desirable selection of goods.

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