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How Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Can Survive in the Age of Amazon

As Amazon tightens its grip on the modern-day consumer, you have to wonder: Do traditional brick-and-mortar retailers have any future at all?

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Britain Mulls Law to Rescue Modern Slaves From Net of Abuse

Support for victims of modern slavery should be enshrined in law to bolster piecemeal care that leaves survivors open to abuse and repeat trafficking, British charities said on Wednesday.

Brands Found Selling Real Fur Labelled As Faux

Tesco, Boots, FatFace and Romwe have been accused of mis-selling real fur as faux fur following an investigation.

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Why Ford Is Blaming Costlier Metals for a 'Bad Year' Ahead

Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Hackett has already called 2018 a “bad year,” casting some of the blame on costlier raw materials used to build cars.

How Amazon and Wal-Mart Are Poised to Swoop In on Toys 'R' US

As expected when it filed for bankruptcy protection last summer, struggling toy retailer Toys ‘R’ Us is closing an enormous number of stores, 180 stores to be specific or nearly 20 percent of its fleet, as it tries to get back to being a viable chain.

Amazon Go: Convenience and Concern at New Checkout-Free Corner Shop

All around me in this Seattle corner shop, people are grabbing items off the shelves, shoving them into bags or pockets, and bolting for the door. It would feel like well-mannered looting if not for the hi-tech gates where shoppers have to swipe in with their smartphones.

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A 21-ft Cactus, Flirty Tweets and Hyperloop: 10 Amazon HQ2 Bids That Didn’t Work

Amazon has culled its list of potential sites for its second headquarters from 238 bids across North America to just 20.

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U.S. Is No Longer One of the Top 10 Most Innovative Countries

Score another one for Seoul while Silicon Valley slides.

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Will Millennials Kill Costco?

There’s a Costco to one side of Gwendolyn Hammer’s house and a Sam’s Club to the other. But when the 28-year-old needs 12-packs of paper towels, or 36 rolls of toilet paper, she heads online instead.

Q&A: Designing for Holistic Sustainability at McCormick

McCormick started over 100 years ago when founder Willoughby M. McCormick and a few colleagues began selling extracts and spices in Baltimore. Since then, the company has undergone enormous growth to become a global flavor powerhouse with more than 10,000 employees and $4.4bn in annual sales.

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Nations Seek the Elusive Cure for Cyberattacks

When the "Wannacry" ransomware attack spread across Britain, Japan Russia, Taiwan and places in between last May, it took only a few days for private firms that looked at the code to come to some pretty quick conclusions.

Amazon Has Narrowed Its List of HQ2 Candidates to These 20 Sites

Amazon has whittled its list of potential sites for its second headquarters from 238 bids across North America to just 20, the company announced last week.

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