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Are You Wasting Your Incentive Dollars?

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The Power of Design to Define the Brand

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CytoSport Muscles Its Way Into New Markets

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HD Supply Chalks Up a Decade's Worth of Experience in TMS

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Holistic Approach Needed to Deal with Inventory's 'Multiple Personalities'

How much inventory and which items should a company hold, overall and at each stocking location (each DC, store, stockroom, salesperson's vehicle, service depot, etc.)? When to replenish and how many? To the uninitiated, these seem like relatively straightforward daily decisions. But they are anything but simple and can make the difference between a highly profitable vs. out-of-business company.

The Changing Dynamics of Global Supply Chains

Robert Gifford, executive vice president of global logistics with Ingram Micro, walks us through the past, present and future of global supply chains. He also discusses how his own company is positioning itself to cope with change.

Wider Acceptance of 'Green' Buildings Requires Better Documentation of Benefits

Wider financial, environmental and social benefits need to be documented for green building if it is to maintain the growth seen in the past decade, according to research by McGraw-Hill Construction.

Facebook Seems to Work Better for Small, Mid-Sized Retailers Than for the Bigger Players

Facebook is becoming prime real estate for small retailers rather than the mega-mall that the big chains had hoped it would be. Second-quarter profits from Facebook stores were up 38 percent from the first quarter for the 180,000 small to mid-sized retailers, and have been going strong ever since, says e-commerce company Ecwid, which makes store-building software to work across social-media platforms and Web sites.

Growth of Middle, Upper Classes in China, India Will Continue to Be Hugely Attractive to Business

Consumers in India and China are the new kings and queens of the global economy. They have fast-changing tastes and appetites, and they are transforming the world with their consumption.

Holiday Sales Predicted to Increase as Much as 4 Percent Despite Economy

Deloitte is forecasting holiday sales will increase between 3.5 percent and 4 percent as the economy's health and the presidential election take center stage among consumers this fall.

In Closing Some Stores, Staples Bets on Multichannel Retail Strategy

Staples announced a strategic growth plan that will accelerate the growth of its online businesses, restructure its internal organization and reduce its retail square footage in North America by 15 percent by the end of fiscal 2015. The retailer projects these changes will produce approximately $250m in pre-tax cost savings during this period.

Can Planned Slacking Make You More Productive?

CFOs make all kinds of investments, but how about investing in more down time for employees? That may sound like a recipe for creating a bunch of slackers, but in fact the idea of optimal slack in a system is as fundamental to talent optimization as it is to engineering. Planned and mindful slacking off may help optimize talent performance.

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