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See's Candies Finds That Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Still a Sweet Spot

See's Candies is one retailer that isn't fretting about how the surge of e-commerce is affecting foot traffic at its conventional stores.

Why Florida Farmers Want to Kill Nafta

Duette, Fla., a tiny farm town about 50 miles east of St. Petersburg, averages about 52 inches of annual rainfall. This year it's ahead of schedule, with 63 inches since June, when the rainy season began. For Gary Reeder and other tomato farmers, that's slowed down everything and threatened their ability to bring the harvest in on time.

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China's 'Robot Revolution' May Weigh on Global Rebalancing

China is installing more robots than any other nation, and that may affect every other nation.

Global Leaders Commit to Eradicating Modern Slavery

Global business tycoons and politicians from 48 countries committed to ending human trafficking, forced labour and modern slavery last month at a landmark gathering of high-profile leaders in the Australian city of Perth.

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More Restrictions Announced for Toxic Pesticide

California has moved a step closer to banning a widely used agricultural pesticide linked to birth defects, openly departing from the Trump administration's decision to walk back an Obama-era effort to ban the chemical.

Opinion: The Labor Force of the 2020s

As an economic futurist, I try to deal in highly likely projections, and population trends are the likeliest. Who will be available to work for your company in 10 years?

Samsung Takes Extra Safety Steps With New Galaxy Note Smartphone

The Galaxy Note 7 met an untimely demise last year after dozens of the Samsung phones overheated or exploded. So Samsung has taken extra steps to make sure the Note 7's successor does not suffer the same outcome.

As U.S. Exports More Natural Gas, Manufacturers Worry About Increased Prices

If you ask the manufacturing and chemical sectors what their greatest blessing has been in recent years, the answer will generally be the plethora of natural gas that has been made accessible to them - and how this has decreased their cost of doing of business.

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U.S. Consumer Sentiment Rose in August

U.S. consumer sentiment increased in the first half of August to its highest level since January, as Americans placed their hopes on the economy's future.

Wal-Mart and Google Are Plotting to Change Your Shopping Habits

Move over, Alexa. Wal-Mart is going high-tech in its fight against Amazon.com.

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Algorithms Meet Avocadoes: Data Science Comes to Retail

The success of modern-day retailing depends as much on information as it does on the products being sold.

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Hyundai Merchant Marine Looks to Arctic Route

Hyundai Merchant Marine, South Korea's largest container carrier, says it's planning to sail the Northern Sea Route by 2020.

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

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

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