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UPS Enhances Operations in Three North American Markets

UPS has enhanced facilities in three North American markets, with expanded locations in Calgary, Alberta; Hebron, Ky., and Mira Loma, Calif.

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In Two More Years, China Will Have Close to 400 Million E-shoppers

China is going digital very quickly. By 2016, the country will have more than 730 million internet users and more than 380 million online shoppers, up from 460 million and 145 million, respectively, in 2010.

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Retail IT and RFID Make for a Happy Arrangement

Radio frequency identification has finally found its rightful place in the retail IT ecosystem.

There's a Right Way and a Wrong Way to Do Omnichannel Fulfillment

For retailers who want to remain competitive in this shop-anytime-anywhere world, omnichannel fulfillment strategies must be done right, and done quickly. Significant new demands have been placed on retailers' supply chains. In omnichannel fulfillment, all the resources of the supply chain are focused on transparently serving a single shopper who has placed a single order.

Aerosoles, an Omnichannel Retailer for Years, Looks to Revamp Inventory Operations Completely

Building true omnichannel merchandising capabilities requires the merging of previously siloed business functions. Footwear retailer Aerosoles has been omnichannel for about 10 years now, however, over the past 18 months the organization has decided to step up to manage the business properly.

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Survey Underscores Importance of Social Media - and Failure of Many Retailers to Fully Use It

Social media and digital, customer data and brand awareness are the top three challenges in retail marketing, and digital advertising is among the most important tools in that arena, says a survey by SAP AG.

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Brewer Reduced By 50% Planning and Control Processes Implementation Time

Challenge: One of the world’s leading brewers challenge was how to develop planning competencies, across six businesses in Latin America, which were consistent, sustainable, and contributed to operational and financial results.

Supply Chain's Carbon Impact: More Than a Footprint

Carbon footprint: What a misleading metaphor that is.

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Is Doing Business in China as Mysterious and Difficult as Many Make It Out to Be?

A lot of people view China business as mysterious. Relax. Consumers behave pretty much the same everywhere. Competition is pretty much the same everywhere. You just need to ignore the hype and focus on the basic fact that in China today, there are six big trends. That's it. Six trends shape most of the country’s industries and drive much of China's impact on the Western world.

Social Media Powers Much of China's Booming Online Commerce

In China, three-quarters of online shoppers make e-purchases at least weekly, according to a new survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers. And mobile is king. Of those online shoppers, 77 percent made at least some of their purchases online using smartphones.

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Omnichannel Fulfillment Requires Integrated Solutions That Go Beyond Traditional WMS

Greg Cronin, executive vice president of Intelligrated, and Nyle Morris, vice president of sales at Knighted, discuss the paradigm shift in fulfillment strategies being driven by omnichannel retailing and the type of integrated solutions that these strategies require.

Data Theft Affects Nearly One in Five Adults Online

Eighteen percent of online adults in the U.S. have had important personal data stolen, according to a Pew Research Center study highlighting the crisis in data protection.

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