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How E-Commerce Became Crucial to Retail Survival

While overall retail sales are expected to drop more than 10% this year, e-commerce will jump an unprecedented 18%.

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The Importance of Last-Mile Visibility in the U.S.

In order to stay competitive in the rising e-commerce and mobile world, retailers will need to make continued investments in their final-mile strategies.

FedEx Corp. couriers unload packages from a delivery truck. Photo: Bloomberg.

Walmart’s New Challenge to Amazon Prime Has Deep Roots

While details of Walmart’s new subscription program are still hazy, the service is rooted in three experiments the world’s biggest retailer has conducted in recent years.

Packages move along a conveyor belt inside a Walmart Inc. fulfillment center. Photo: Bloomberg.

Walmart to Debut Amazon Prime Challenger This Month

Walmart will introduce a subscription service this month to compete with Amazon.com’s Prime program.

How RAIN RFID Will Shape Post-Pandemic Retail

The battery-free wireless technology can identify thousands of items in seconds — at a distance and without line-of-sight.

How Supply-Chain Managers Are Reevaluating Best Practices

Supply-chain chaos breeds opportunity, says one shipping executive. Here are the pandemic trends she's seeing now — and what she expects to come.

Japan Is Figuring Out How to Deliver Goods Untouched by Humans

Getting products from one place to another with as little human contact as possible is becoming an imperative for businesses as retailers, warehouses and transport providers adapt to the pandemic.

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GS1 US Now Offers Standard Color and Size Codes

GS1 US now manages and maintains the GS1 US Color and Size Codes, a database that allows suppliers, manufacturers and retailers to codify product color and size, enabling consistent and efficient data exchange in retail.

Top Six Challenges to Establishing an Ethical Supply Chain

An ethical supply chain is only as good as its partners' ability to collaborate — and anticipate future challenges.

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Urged by Trump to Decouple, U.S. Companies Want More China Faster

Just as President Trump urges American companies to ditch China, many of them can’t get more of China fast enough.

Source: Bloomberg

Black Businesses Need More Than Retail Activism to Survive

For Black entrepreneurs, calls to Buy Black have been a lifeline during the pandemic, but they worry that customers motivated by the Black Lives Matter movement won’t come back if interest in retail activism dies down.

Kimberly Smith, right, and Amaya Smith prepare orders at Brown Beauty Co-Op. Photo: Bloomberg

enVista Launches Accelerate Solutions to the Market

enVista, a global software solutions and consulting services firm, recently announced today that it has launched Accelerate Solutions, a cross-section of enVista’s end-to-end supply chain and commerce solutions, that strategically deliver critical business results and capabilities within an accelerated timeframe.

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