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Checkpoint Systems Debuts Mobile App for Store Security

Checkpoint Systems Inc., a global supplier of merchandise-management services to the retail industry, has developed EVOLVE-Store, an application for smartphones and tablets that allows for real-time electronic article surveillance (EAS) and retail crime event management.

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Make Process of Returning Products Work to Your Advantage

Product returns are typically seen as a necessary headache and a cost drain. But companies can use their return policies to enhance customer loyalty and increase profits.

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Descartes Acquires BearWare, MK Data Services

Descartes Systems Group has announced two recent acquisitions.

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How Do You Actually Collect Taxes From Online Retail Sales?

A recent favorable opinion by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy plus increased action in Congress have made it more likely than it has been in 50 years that out-of-state retailers will be forced to collect sales taxes in states where they don't have a physical presence. Half a century ago, of course, the volume generated by such sellers, who did their business via catalogs and snail mail, was tiny compared to the sales spawned by the rise of the internet.

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Nobody's Home for an Online Order? No Problem

When it comes to online shopping, home isn't always where the package is.

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Staples Revamps Online Sales Approach for Larger Businesses

Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of office supplies retail and wholesale giant Staples Inc., has relaunched StaplesAdvantage.com to make it more accessible and useful to large and mid-sized businesses.

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Omnichannel Retailing From Perspective of Manufacturers and Suppliers

With omnichannel, consumers and their mobile phones are doing pricing, web shopping and so forth. But what about manufacturers? They have omnichannels of their own, and suppliers to those retailers are an intrinsic part of retailers' strategies, yet the media is paying this scant attention.

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Could Better Supply Chain Management Improve Productivity of Giant Capital Projects?

Around the world, ever-larger capital projects are being undertaken. Better project management and technological innovation can improve the chances of success.

Human Resources Should Be Strategic, Not Just Transactional

As the pace of business accelerates and competition intensifies, companies in virtually all industries are confronting greater uncertainty and complexity. In the face of such challenges, HR has the potential to be a significant strategic asset by ensuring that companies have the human capital they need to compete and the ability to react fast to changing environments.

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Retail Success Turns on Having Comprehensive Mobile Strategy, Survey Says

Retailers require a comprehensive mobile strategy if they are to effectively engage shoppers and enhance the customer experience, a survey of nearly 7,000 Synchrony Bank cardholders and shoppers in March and April reveals.

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Two Airlines Show How to Merge MRO Supply Chains

On paper, one would think that integrating the supply chains for two maintenance organizations would be easy. Just look for areas where there is duplicated effort and inventory, rationalize those operations and realize the savings. But in practice, it's a very different matter.

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