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Target Tests Delivery of Online Grocery Orders

Target is testing the online grocery delivery waters. The Minneapolis-based discounter has teamed with Instacart, the online grocery delivery service that started in 2012, to let shoppers in the Minneapolis area order fruits and other perishables, as well as household, pet and baby products, and have them delivered to their homes in as little as an hour.

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Conversion, Add-to-Cart Rates Drop Despite Growth in E-commerce Sales

While e-commerce sales have been growing, year-to-year declines in conversion and add-to-cart rates are continuing. Retailers need to pay greater attention to personalization and relevant product recommendations to combat these declines and ensure that they remain successful.

Mars Opens Food Safety Research Center in China

Food producer Mars Inc. has opened a Global Food Safety Center, which it says is a first-of-its-kind facility for pre-competitive research and training that aims to raise global food safety standards through collaboration.

Intel Targets Retail Inventory Tracking Market With Sensor Platform

Intel Corp. is marketing the Intel Retail Sensor Platform, an RFID-based system designed to make retail radio frequency identification deployments easier, as well as enable inventory tracking to be performed in real time.

Supply Chain Finance, Working Capital Reduction Have Quite Different Results

Many European companies are working hard to solve their "captive cash" problem, improve their cash-to-cash cycle, and manage their financial and supply chain risk across complex markets and supplier agreements. But the two primary approaches they take - supply chain finance and working capital reduction - result in very different supply chain outcomes.

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Transplace Expands Clout in Packaging, Chemicals with Acquisition of M33 Integrated

Transplace, a provider of transportation management services and logistics technology, has acquired M33 Integrated, a third-party logistics provider with strength in the packaging, chemical and advanced materials sectors.

A-Frame Order Fulfillment Reduces Labor by 84% with 8-Month ROI

Challenge: Split-case order-picking application needing to dramatically reduce their labor, increase order accuracy and extend order cut-off time within a 12-month return on investment.

General Mills' Journey to Supply-Chain Excellence

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In Retail, Technology Transforms Supply Chain, In-store Operations, Customer Outreach

Easier access to information is pushing the retail sector closer to what 18th century economist Adam Smith described as "perfect information" -- the idea of having equal information from all providers in order to make a choice.

Australian Cotton Company Relies on RFID Technology to Make Ginning Process More Efficient

RFID tags embedded in bundles of unprocessed cotton bolls help Southern Cotton track when it receives, stores and gins those bundles, and the company then shares that data with growers.

Rough Seas Predicted for Offshore Energy Insurance Market

Speaking at this year's International Union of Marine Insurance conference in Berlin, Simon Williams, chairman of IUMI's offshore energy committee, reported continuous growth in the sector with 2015 capacity reaching around $7bn, although he cautioned that $5.5bn was more realistic.

Consumers Rack Up Retail Sales, Apparently Unconcerned About Volatility in Financial World

Retail sales in the U.S. climbed for a second straight month, a sign consumers may be looking past recent volatility in financial markets.

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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