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For Peak Season Order Fulfillment, Three Management Systems Prove Better Than One

A system employing voice, barcode scanning and light triples the speed that an e-tailer could get costumes and party supplies out the door and to its customers.

1226 For Peak Season Order

Trump Tariff War Sends U.S. Retailers on Buying Binge

In the nearly 40 years she has spent in trade, Amy Magnus has never seen retailers hoarding so much inventory.

1221 Trump Tariff War Sends

The Top Five Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

This year's first-place entrant, Intel, is huge — and problems there can be just as big.

1219 The Most Innovative Supply

Amazon Is Short on Echo Speakers Days Before Christmas

Shoppers hoping to get their hands on one of Amazon’s Echo smart speakers before Christmas may come away disappointed.

Instacart Is Breaking Up With Whole Foods, Thanks to Amazon

In 2014, when Instacart was a younger grocery-delivery startup, Whole Foods was its first major relationship. A lot has changed since then.

How Brands Can Survive the Challenge of Amazon’s Private Label

Big-box retailers have long challenged consumer brands with their own private-label alternatives. But it took Amazon.com to turbocharge the practice.

1217 How Brands Can Survive

Amazon, Walmart Are Challenging FreshDirect's NYC Grocery Supremacy

For many years, FreshDirect has ruled the online grocery business in a city where most people don’t own cars.

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The Digital Era Has Arrived, and Supply Chains Must Adjust

It's time for companies to move beyond the age of mass production and consumption — and design supply-chain processes that can serve a customer segment of one.

1031 En Routeto Smart

U.S. Producer Prices Exceeded Estimates in November

U.S. producer prices rose in November on advances in foods and transportation services, while a measure of underlying costs accelerated.

Supermarkets Need to Maximize Stockpiles Before Brexit, U.K. Officials Warn

Theresa May’s government has told supermarkets to keep as much stock as possible in warehouses around the country in case of a no-deal Brexit.

Q&A | Retailers Confront the Need to Innovate

The retail industry finds itself in a state of constant innovation, and the Retail Industry Leaders Association needs to respond in kind.

The retail industry finds itself in a state of constant innovation, and the Retail Industry Leaders Association needs to respond in kind. Jess Dankert, RILA's vice president of supply chain, tells what the organization is doing to keep pace with change.

Walgreens Starts Next-Day Drug Delivery

Walgreens is rolling out a nationwide next-day prescription-delivery service to fend off competition from Amazon and numerous venture capital-backed startups.

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