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UPS Says Cockpit Upgrade Cuts Carbon Emissions and Increases Reliability

UPS is upgrading the cockpits of its 757s and 767s - installing large display system (LDS) screens in the cockpits of more than half its fleet, plus the three passenger 767s that were recently purchased.

Retailers Welcome Online Sales Tax Push

The National Retail Federation recently welcomed renewed efforts in Congress to require online sellers to collect sales tax the same as local stores.

Warehouse Optimization Needed - and Not Just During Holiday Season

Online retail continues to grow at a rapid rate, with a 14.6-percent increase in the category in 2015, totaling $341.7bn. That has major implications for warehouse optimization.

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Puma Supply Chain Racing to Keep Up With Demand for Popular Shoes

German sportswear firm Puma has seen such strong demand for products promoted by celebrities like model Cara Delevingne and Canadian rapper The Weeknd that its supply chain is racing to keep up, its chief executive said last week.

From Diapers to Soda, Big Brands Feel Pinch as Consumers Pull Back

Procter & Gamble Co. and PepsiCo Inc. posted lackluster sales in the most recent quarter as producers of some of America's biggest consumer products struggle to give shoppers what they want.

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H&M Backs Fabric Made From Cow Manure

H&M has pledged to use 100-percent recycled or sustainably sourced materials by 2030 in its latest sustainability report.

UPS Adds Beacons to Handle Package Misloads

UPS is installing electronic beacons in its package cars to notify workers if they have placed an item in the wrong delivery vehicle. The initiative, known as Preload Smart Scan, is part of a suite of UPS projects that will use technology to error-proof package processing operations to ensure timely delivery and customer satisfaction.

Facing the Task of Facilitating WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement

Free trade seems to have few friends in positions of power these days. But advocates of removing obstacles to the flow of international trade got at least one piece of good news earlier this year.

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IoT Tech Is Gaining Ground in Retail Worldwide, Study Shows

A study conducted worldwide by Zebra Technologies Brazil and released in São Paulo indicates that 70 percent of retailers plan to invest in Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to improve the customer experience. By 2021, the study indicates, smart technologies will provide consumers with new levels of customization, speed and convenience.

Drop Shipping Could Be Key to Generation Z

Brands and retailers have been hyper focused on Millennials for years now. But while they've been busy trying to figure out what Millennials want, Generation Z, a maturing and ever more digitized and global generation, is emerging with its formidable buying power.

More Manufacturers Are Turning to Supply Chain Finance to Prep for Growth

Manufacturing is having a moment. Optimism on Wall Street and rising levels of consumer and business confidence have put manufacturing squarely back into growth territory. One index that tracks global manufacturing performance, the JPMorgan Global Manufacturing PMI, is the highest it's been since 2011. Production growth rates are at a three-year high. So is the rate of expansion in new orders. And factory payrolls are growing faster than they have in over five years.

This Sweater Company Is Breaking a Cashmere Cartel

In 2012, Matt Scanlan, the founder and chief executive officer of Naadam Cashmere, was just a young New York University alumnus with an unsatisfying job at a venture capital firm. "After a couple years of working as an analyst - which is a pretty thankless job - I left," he says. "A week after I quit, I booked a flight" to Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, to visit a college friend who lived in the region. The two of them met a newspaper reporter who hailed from Scanlan's hometown of Westport, Conn., and soon happened to hit it off with a couple of the reporter's sources, nomadic goat herders."

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