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Germany Leads the Way in EU Initiative to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

For European governments, meeting the European Union's long-term target for greenhouse gas emissions - a reduction of 80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050 - will demand bold moves.

World's Struggling Economy Affects China's Retail Sector a Bit, But It's Still Quite Vibrant

China's retail sales growth slowed to 13.8 percent in May, down from the 16-0percent to 18-percent annual growth analysts have grown accustomed to. Many analysts are panicking, saying the data indicate the end of the Chinese consumption story. These fears are overblown.

How Customers' Online Information Can Be Used to Keep Them from Getting the Best Deal

How much is that doggie in the window? For internet users, the answer may soon be, "It depends on who you are, and how much I know about you." And this trend may upset a host of laws concerning deceptive trade practices, fair pricing and even contract, trespass and computer crime laws.

HighJump Software Issues New Mobile Pre-sales App for Direct Store Delivery

HighJump Software Inc. has released a new version of HighJump Mobile Sales Advantage, the company's mobile pre-sales application for direct store delivery (DSD) businesses.

Procurement Technology Investments Out of Pace with Increased Transportation Spending, Survey Finds

Transportation spending is outpacing the economic recovery, but procurement teams lack the tools needed to boost efficiency and uncover long-hidden savings within logistics networks.

Class 8 Used Truck Prices Should Continue to Appreciate in 2012

The average retail selling price for a used Class 8 truck dropped to $48,643 in May, down 6 percent month over month, but 3 percent above the average price in May 2011. On a year-to-date basis, prices remained 13 percent above last year's pace.

Optimism Returns to American Automotive Industry

Automobiles are selling again, and executives are confident. The U.S. auto industry is positioned for a global economic recovery - if car manufacturers can avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.

Pier 1 Imports Invests Millions in Distribution Center, E-Commerce Technology

Technology and infrastructure investments will account for 50 percent of Pier 1 Imports' $70m to $75m in planned capital expenditures this year, but the retailer will have a lot of IT-enabled activity to show for its money. Two of the biggest elements are the July 28 launch of Pier 1's new e-commerce site and the planned rollout of its new POS system beginning this fall.

Kohl's Increasingly Relying on Solar Power Generated at Its Stores

Kohl's Department Stores is to install solar panels at roughly 30 additional locations, expanding its existing solar program by nearly 25 percent.

Social Commerce Is Important to Retail, But It's About Much More than Having a Facebook Page

Mobility is important to retailers, but it is not mobility for the sake of mobility. Instead, the focus is convergence of e-commerce, mobility and social. And despite the doomsayers on the concepts of social commerce, the greatest increase in the intended use of mobile is to fuel efforts in social commerce.

While U.S. Retail Theft Is Down, Losses Exceeded $34Bn in 2011, Study Finds

Retail theft, including shoplifting, employee theft, administrative error and vendor fraud is down, according to an annual survey recently conducted by the University of Florida. The National Retail Security Survey 2011 report found that theft as a percentage of revenue was 1.41 percent, down from 1.49 percent in the previous findings. This calculates to an approximate $2.6bn decline in losses.

Are Old-School Banks in Danger of Becoming Extinct?

One could imagine European bankers emitting a collective sigh of relief over the latest election results in Greece, whose citizens last week gave a narrow edge to the conservative New Democracy party. In the process, they ratified the controversial $220bn bailout plan that is intended to keep Greece in the eurozone and avert economic disaster throughout the European Union.

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