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Tackling the Challenges of E-commerce Fulfillment

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Growing Use of 'Showrooming' Costs UK Retailers, Study Finds

Retailers in the UK are facing a growing threat of "showrooming," according to research from Omnico, which reveals that one in 10 consumers have used their smartphone to buy a product from another retailer's website while in-store.

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Canada Post, Major Retailers Try Same-Day Delivery for Online Sales

Betting that consumers are willing to pay for instant gratification, Canada Post is teaming up with Wal-Mart Canada Corp., Best Buy Canada Ltd., and Indigo Books & Music Inc. in the first major Canadian rollout of same-day online shopping.

Navarre Corp. Changes Name to Speed Commerce

Navarre Corp., provider of a multichannel platform of electronic commerce and distribution services, has changed its name to Speed Commerce Inc.

How to Implement an Omni-channel Strategy

Kelly Thomas, group vice president of global accounts with JDA Software, offers a definition of "omni-channel," and discusses how the concept is transforming retail supply chains.

Food Manufacturer Scales Company Growth with Managed Transportation Services

Challenge: A food manufacturer's current transportation management structure was unable to scale and support their pace of growth. Their resources were also inadequate to support future growth, and they needed to gain better control of transportation expenses and delivery service.

Challenges of the Produce Industry Supply Chain

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How to Handle a Social Media Crisis

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Manufacturer Saves $70k Monthly on Expedited Shipping Costs Using UltraShipTMS

Challenge: Procurement frequently relied upon expedite requests to meet sales orders to satisfy a "just-in-time" materials sourcing strategy. Consistent cost overruns due to inefficient use of expedited shipping and the resulting high premiums were not identified until month-end transportation audits. By then, the money had already been spent.

Opposites Attract: Shippers Collaborate to Improve Capacity Utilization and Sustainability

Challenge: In 2011, our customer transported the equivalent of 11,000 truckloads between Mexico and the U.S. While outbound loads were near the U.S. legal weight limit, each trailer departed its Mexican origin with about 80% of the available cubic capacity unused. The situation wasted "capacity" and underutilized all transportation resources "” especially fuel.

Distribution network re-org yields $2 million in savings in Year 1

Challenge: A food supplement manufacturer was expanding rapidly. They struggled to keep up with order fulfillment, and shipping costs were growing faster than revenue.

Manthan Systems Issues New Version of ARC Vendor Link

Manthan Systems, a provider of business-intelligence and analytics software to retailers, has released version 6.4 of ARC Vendor Link.

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