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Walmart Puts Drones Through Warehouse Inventory Management Trials

Soon, the labyrinthine aisles at Walmart's distribution centers - stocked high with canned beans, toys and many other products - could also have a low humming sound.

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Complete Supply Chain Visibility of All Your Carriers!

Challenge: Difficulty to get accurate and timely location updates on brokered loads. Traditional in-cab solutions are too costly to install and too difficult to deploy to all outside carriers.

High-tech Retailer Combats Tumultuous Growth Period with Supply Chain Visibility

Challenge: This high tech company was acquired and entered a period of rapid growth through a series of additional acquisitions. Behind the scenes, this company's supply chain had to keep pace with this growth - a tall order in a time of change.

IBM Expands Portfolio of Offerings to Enhance Consumer Experience

IBM has expanded its portfolio of cloud-based applications and cognitive technologies to enhance customer interactions.

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Retail Returns: An Opportunity to Drive Revenue Through Reverse Logistics

Returns have long been the bane of the retail industry. Brands and retailers know that a certain percentage of their sales are going to result in a returned product, whether it's an ill-fitting piece of clothing, an unwanted gift or a product that just doesn't work. It's part of the business, and returns are a critical part of the retail lifecycle.

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Southeast Asian E-Commerce Market Zooms, But Region's Airfreight Capability Lags

Although a new study by Google and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek projects the Southeast Asian e-commerce market to reach $200bn by 2025, the region's air cargo capabilities remain underdeveloped, according to Cainiao, the logistics unit of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.

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Sustainability & Retail Freight Transportation

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Retailers Try to 'Save the Sale' Only 7 Percent of the Time, Study Shows

Retailers can no longer wait to adopt BOPIS - the ability to buy online, pick up in store - according to a report from Kibo, a cloud-based omnichannel commerce platform provider. But a small percentage, only percent 7 percent, act to ensure that a sale is made.

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E-Commerce Spurs Warehouse Development, Rent Increases Across U.S.

Over the past year, prime warehouse rents are up 9.9 percent across the U.S. and up by double-digit amounts in some large urban areas, according to a recent report. E-commerce and Amazon are in no small way responsible for the development.

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Challenges in Managing Freight Efficiency

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TrueCommerce Enables E-Store Integration

TrueCommerce has integrated the Nexternal Omnichannel Commerce Platform into the TrueCommerce Global Commerce Network.

360pi Launches Project GamePlan for Retailers and Brands

360pi, a provider of applications for product intelligence, has launched Project GamePlan.

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