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This German Warehouse ‘Plays Tetris’ — Aiming to Rival Amazon

A German grocer is fighting against Amazon with what it describes as the most technologically sophisticated online-shopping facility in Europe.

As Consumer Tastes Change, Farmers Scramble to Switch to Pastured Eggs

The bar is rising for what’s considered a happy chicken, sparking the hottest trend in the market: the pasture-raised egg.

Pain for Gain? Retailers Chasing Amazon Are Testing Investors’ Tolerance

For Walmart, Macy’s and many other U.S. retailers, sales growth is back. But it’s coming at a heavy cost.

1119 Painfor Gain Retailers

Indonesia’s Growing Postal Problem: Delivering to 18,000 Far-Flung Islands

An online shopping boom that should be helping Indonesia’s postal service is actually hurting because regulators have set parcel delivery prices so low.

U.S. Will Build Papua New Guinea Power Grid to Put Check on China

The U.S. and its key Pacific allies announced plans to build a $1.7bn electricity grid in Papua New Guinea, in the latest effort to counter China’s growing influence in the region.

U.S. Factory Production Continues Growth Streak

U.S. factory production expanded in October for a fifth straight month, the longest streak since 2011 and indicating a solid start to the fourth quarter, Federal Reserve data shows.

Global Battery Market Will Surge Faster Than Expected, New Forecast Says

The battery boom is coming to China, California and basically everywhere else — and it will be even bigger than previously thought.

Inside Nike's Store of the Future

Nike has seen the future of brick-and-mortar shopping, and it revolves around your phone.

High Expectations May Hurt Retailers This Holiday Shopping Season

Researchers and trade groups expect retail sales in stores and online to grow 5 percent or more — which could make this Christmas shopping season the best in recent memory.

1115 Holiday Shopping

The Brexit Divorce Rundown: Champagne, Data and Trade

The U.K’s European Union divorce treaty, which runs to around 500 pages, sets out all the ways that Britain will extricate itself from the bloc’s clutches after more than four decades of membership.

Electric Vehicle Metals Spending Hits $10Bn as Miners Hunt for Copper

Exploration spending in the mining sector rose for a second year as the industry makes a cautious shift to growth and prepares for forecast booming demand for copper.

Big Oil Is Moving and Re-Using Whole Platforms to Cut Costs

Oil companies have pushed through draconian cost cuts during the recent industry slump, but they’re not quite done yet.

1120 Big Oil Is Moving

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