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As Health Consciousness Rises, So Does Growth in 'Healthy' Snacks

Growth of healthy snacks rose by 7 percent in 2014-2015 compared to "conventional" snacks, which only increased by 5 percent, according to research from Euromonitor International entitled No Sugar, Please: How Snacks Are Being Redefined.

Dismantling NAFTA Is Much Easier to Talk About Than Do

When you buy an "American-made" car, you are probably buying a car that has an immensely complicated mix of components that were also made in Mexico and Canada. The same is true for many electronics, and advanced textiles like carpeting. The beef in your grocery store might be from a cow that was fattened and slaughtered in the United States, but that was very likely born across the border in Mexico.

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How a Leading Brewing Company Went From Zero to Hero

Challenge: A leading brewing company with over 400 distributors was not able to meet retailer demands for automating critical supply chain processes from purchasing to replenishment. At the threat of losing precious retail shelf space, the brewer undertook a journey that would transform its manual processes to an industry-leading B2B integration program, which now has retailers calling it for supply chain advice.

Grocers Must React to Consumers' Omnichannel Shopping Habits. Study Suggests

Quick grocery trips - those "I need it now" excursions - account for two-thirds of shopping visits and one-third of grocery expenditures. And these trips are not made at one store or even one channel. In fact, there is a major shift in how consumers are approaching grocery shopping, because they are spreading their money across more channels and formats as they shop to fulfill their needs.

Ocean Transportation Remains 'Too Manual, Inefficient and Opaque'

While sensor-laden containers, smart ships and 3D printing have grabbed the headlines, the start-ups making the biggest inroads are those working on something more basic - streamlining the interaction between shippers, freight forwarders and those actually transporting the goods.

Walmart Buys E-Commerce Startup Jet.com - But Can It Catch Amazon?

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. might be running a distant second to Amazon.com Inc. in the e-commerce race, but it's spending billions of dollars to close the gap.

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Hanjin Collapse Spotlights Concerns About Shipping Temperature-Sensitive Perishables

Recent events, such as the Hanjin collapse, have shone a spotlight on the deeply interconnected nature of today's container shipping networks and demonstrated how little visibility many shippers have into the whereabouts and status of their cargo as it moves through a complex web of service providers.

MiX Telematics Debuts Tracking Tool for Moveable Assets

MiX Telematics, a provider of fleet and mobile asset-management applications delivered under a software-as-a-service model, has developed a product for tracking valuable assets such as generators, light towers, storage tanks and pumps.

Oct. 4 Webinar Highlights Woodgrain Millwork's Excellence in Logistics, Transportation Management

In this informative webinar, scheduled for 2 p.m. ET, Tuesday, Oct. 4, learn how Woodgrain Millwork utilizes SAP Transportation Management to make the best use of its private fleet of trucks, including route optimization, dispatch, and freight settlement.

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Halloween Spending to Be Huge Treat for Retailers This Year

Americans are looking forward to splurging on their favorite candy and costumes this Halloween season. According to the National Retail Federation's annual survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, total spending for Halloween is expected to reach $8.4bn, an all-time high in the survey's history.

Walmart Shrinks Delivery Window; Turns Up Pressure on Suppliers

The requirements for being a supplier of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. just keep getting tougher.

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Johnson & Johnson Sees Internet of Things as Way to Improve Healthcare

The Internet of Things has been widely celebrated as a game-changing technology for field service and maintenance applications because it allows one device to "talk" to another, communicating when a machine or system could potentially degrade or fail. But what if the "breakdown" is occurring not within a facility or a production process, but within the human body?

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