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Q&A | How CPGs Are Responding to Changing Consumer Demand

Consumers want greater variety of product, and they want it faster and more efficiently than ever before. Josephine Coombe, chief marketing officer with Nulogy, tells how consumer packaged goods manufacturers are rising to the challenge.

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Germans Love Shopping Online. They Love Returning Goods Even More.

Germans were slow to embrace online shopping, but they lead the pack sending back unwanted goods — creating a massive financial and logistical problem for retailers including Zalando SE and Amazon.com.

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Impossible Burger Goes From Shortage to Every Burger King

Summertime is the usual high season for burgers in America, only this summer saw something unprecedented. Meatless patties made from plants and designed to “bleed,” in a faithful imitation of real red meat, exploded onto restaurant menus across the nation.

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From Iceland to America: Drone Delivery Inches Closer to Reality

Iceland continues to act as a proving ground for the use of drones in package-delivery services.

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The Top Miners Are Split on How to Chase the EV Battery Boom

The world’s biggest miners are firm believers in the electric vehicle battery revolution. What they don’t agree on is which metals will deliver the best long-term exposure to the developing global market.

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Amazon-FedEx Split Sets Battle Lines in E-Commerce Delivery Feud

The common features for all involved: an ever-increasing flood of packages combined with greater pressure on profits.

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Changing Climate May Lead to Food Shortages, UN Report Warns

The report, prepared by more than 100 scientists, is one of a series coming from the United Nations group aimed at driving global discussions on climate change.

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Five Ways New Technology Helps Your Warehouse Operations Keep Pace

5 Ways New Technology Helps Your Warehouse Operations Keep Pace: Increase Workers Productivity to Meet Modern Day Demand

Meeting Pharmaceutical Traceability Requirements Across the Globe

Challenge: One of the world’s largest logistics providers was faced with shipping globally sourced drugs from its U.K. distribution centers, and tracking to countries with various regulations was an enormous challenge.

Electronics Components Distributor Automates Trade Compliance as Global Sales Grow

Challenge: A distributor of industrial automation products, electronic parts and electro-mechanical components had a manual and unreliable export-compliance process that slowed shipments.

Sluggish Car Sales Slow Down Chipmakers as Trade Woes Escalate

Many auto parts suppliers have reported disappointing results and issued weak forecasts for the year, citing the China slowdown. And now the effect is rippling through the rest of the supply chain.

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Tariff Fears Caused a U.S. Import Surge. Now Warehouses Are Full.

Imports have been piling up there over the past year or so — offering a kind of safety valve for the more than 200,000 U.S. businesses, from Home Depot to Walmart, that use California ports.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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