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Managing Logistics: Can One 3PL Do It All?

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Nordstrom Says It's No Longer Tracking Customers Via Cellphones; Other Retailers Continue Trial

Eight months into a controversial customer-tracking mobile trial, Nordstrom has halted the effort. Although Nordstrom took a lot of criticism for the mostly misunderstood program from consumer media, it's not clear whether the project ended as a result of the criticism or the trial had simply run its course.

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How Kimberly-Clark Uses Freight Market Intelligence

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Extra Logistics Launches Web-Based Booking for Ocean and Air Freight

Extra Logistics LLC, an international provider of logistics and freight-forwarding services, has launched Web-based ocean and air-freight booking services.

Fashion Retailer Rolls Out RFID in More Than 50 Stores in Europe, North America

One well-known and highly respected high-end fashion retailer provides a good example of an end-to-end RFID implementation. They have more than 50 stores across Europe and North America, offering a wide assortment of high-end men's and women's fashion clothing.

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Industrial Estates Key to Thailand Becoming Major Global Manufacturer

A country of only 66 million people doesn't become the 17th-largest global manufacturer without careful planning. Thailand is the second-largest producer of light pick-up trucks. Carefully constructed strategies along with tangible incentives created this robust manufacturing economy.

Can Index-Linked Contracts Bring Sanity to the Liner Trades?

On October 13, 2011, the Federal Maritime Commission launched a rulemaking that proposed to allow rate levels within oceangoing service contracts to be linked to industry freight indices. Some carriers and shippers had pushed for the change in hopes of achieving greater rate stability in the notoriously uncertain liner trades.

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Shippers Rely More on Collaboration to Manage Freight, NASSTRAC Study Reveals

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Changes in Retail Increase Focus on Last Mile Logistics

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IAS Logistics Expanding to Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami

IAS Logistics Inc., a specialist in linking over-the-road and air-freight services, is expanding its Texas trucking operation.

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Rickmers-Linie Adds Tenth Vessel to Round-the-World Service

Rickmers-Linie has added a tenth vessel to its eastbound Round-the-World Pearl String Service.

Railroads Promote the Mode as More Environmentally Friendly Than Trucking

Freight that moves by rail instead of highway is estimated to reduce emissions by two-thirds, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If just 10 percent of the long-haul freight currently moving by truck could be switched to rail, it would eliminate more than 12 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year.

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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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