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Retailers: What's Your Strategy for a Digital Transformation of Your Business?
Pinterest boards, QR code walls, showrooming, mobile couponing, pop-up shops, mobile apps, Tweet Mirror, Facebook walls, digital circulars, augmented reality, flash sales"”it's a digital jungle out there for retailers today. As consumers embrace new technologies and services, companies find it difficult to stay current"”and harder still to determine where and how to invest their budgets. It's all too tempting simply to jump on the next new thing (and the next and the next), just in hopes of keeping pace.
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Electrolux SC Exec Discusses Launch and Roll-out of Global S&OP
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Norbert Dentressangle to Acquire Forwarding Activities of Daher
Logistics and freight-forwarding provider Norbert Dentressangle is acquiring the forwarding activities of the Daher Group.
Microsoft Acquiring Blue Horseshoe's Warehouse, Transportation Apps
Microsoft is acquiring Blue Horseshoe's Warehousing for AX (WAX) and Transportation for AX (TRAX) applications.
Emirates SkyCargo Breaks Ground on Hub as It Prepares to Move Operations to Al Maktoum Airport
Construction has begun on Emirates SkyCargo's new cargo terminal and facilities at Dubai World Central Al Maktoum International Airport, which is set to become the home of its freighter operations in May 2014. Freighter operations are moving to Al Maktoum Airport from Dubai International Airport.
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Rockfarm Acquires RT&T's Truckload Brokerage Division
Rockfarm Supply Chain Solutions has acquired the truckload brokerage division of RT&T.
Infor Issues New Version of Advanced Scheduling App
Infor has released version 5.5 of Infor Advanced Scheduling for process and complex manufacturing.
Streamlining Outsourcing of Packaging Function
To state the obvious, contract packaging is rapidly evolving. The core outsourced-packaging function is easily understood, but the form and function of the contract packaging organization is a moving target. Decades ago, a co-packer was defined by the machines the company had on the floor.
Back-to-School Shopping Begins, But Sales Volume Slightly Down from Last Year So Far
The back-to-school shopping season has already gotten underway with 29 percent of households reporting that they have begun to shop, according to a special ICSC-Goldman Sachs consumer tracking survey. While the percentage of consumers shopping for back-to-school items at this time of the season is lower than in 2012 (33 percent), it is still higher than in all other years since 2004. Although the season has officially begun, two-thirds of households reported that August is when they will do most of their back-to-school shopping.
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How Delphi Automotive Got Real With Its Suppliers
"New business reality." That's an apt way to describe the position of any company that has just emerged from four years of reorganization under Chapter 11 of U.S. bankruptcy law. And it's precisely the challenge that Delphi Automotive faced back in 2009, when it sought to reinvent itself and shore up relations with an army of suppliers.
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Vintner Uses RFID Technology to Prevent Counterfeiting of Its Costly Wines
Fine wines are vulnerable to counterfeiting or fraud, in large part due to their high value. A single bottle of French Bordeaux, from Chateau Le Pin, averages $3,000 and can be priced at up to $10,000 or more, making the trafficking of forgeries lucrative for counterfeiters. Photocopied labels, for example, can be attached to bottles of counterfeit wine, which can then end up being sold to consumers"”often at auctions, or at any weak link along the supply chain.
Hostess Is Back! Orders Outstrip Production Runs
Less than three days after its iconic snack cakes officially returned to shelves, Hostess Brands LLC is experiencing record demand for products, with sales already seven times greater than historic levels and orders three to six times greater than production capacity - which has already been running at maximum levels.
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