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Amazon to Construct Massive Distribution Center in Baltimore
Amazon.com will open a one million-square-foot distribution center that will employ 1,000 people at the site of the former General Motors plant in Southeast Baltimore, the company said.
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UPS Looks for E-commerce to Boost Holiday Shopping Delivery; Takes on Seasonal Workers
Brick-and-mortar retailers are sweating online competition this holiday season, perhaps more than ever. But it's all upside to UPS. The shipping giant is cashing in both on internet shopping and old-school retailers trying to mimic Amazon.com - shipping inventory around the country in an incessant supply-chain shuffling.
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FDA Steps Up Regulations on Pet Food, Animal Feed Production
The Food and Drug Administration proposed rules on Friday that would govern the production of pet food and farm animal feed for the first time. The regulation would help prevent food-borne illness in both animals and people, officials at the agency said, as people can become sick from handling contaminated animal food and from touching pets that have eaten it.
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RFID's Role in Today's Supply Chains
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Three Trends Transforming Retail: Big Data, Direct-to-Store and Omni Channels
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Surveyed SC Execs Reveal Plans to Expand DC Networks
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What Does Walmart Do With All the Merchandise Returned After the Holiday Buying Season?
While much is being written about expected holiday sales, the flip side of retail returns is also an interesting business, with consumers returning about $264bn worth of merchandise, or almost 9 percent of total sales, according to industry estimates. But, what happens to all that unwanted or defective merchandise that doesn't make it back on the retailer shelf?
Third-Party Logistics Service Company CEOs Project Growth Despite Slow Economy, Study Finds
Despite a slow economy, North American CEOs have their sights set on growth, expecting their companies to increase revenues by an average of 14.6 percent over the next three years, according to the 20th Annual Survey of Third-Party Logistics Provider CEOs.
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SKU Proliferation: Is There a Cure for the Disease?
Retail marketers love complexity. The more variations of a product they can sell, the happier they are. How else can they command all that shelf real estate in big-box stores? How else can they promote innovation? And how else can they drive their supply-chain managers crazy?
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Hershey Company Continues Its Zero-Waste-to-Landfill Initiative
The Hershey Company says two more of its plants have achieved zero-waste-to-landfill (ZWL) status. With the addition of the Y&S Plant in Lancaster, Pa., and the Robinson Plant in Robinson, Ill., The Hershey Company now has six U.S. plants that no longer dispose routine waste into landfills. Moreover, it has exceeded its goal to convert five plants to ZWL by 2015 well ahead of schedule.
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Global RFID Market Expected to Reach $7.88Bn in 2013
The RFID market will increase from $6.98bn in 2012 to $7.88bn, and will reach $23.4bn in 2020, according to a RFID sector survey by IDTechEx Research.
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