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Competing with Amazon Business

Analyst Insight: The power has shifted from seller to buyer as consumers continue to bring B2C online shopping expectations and behaviors with them to the B2B markets they work in. Amazon continues to expand both its same-day delivery capabilities and its product offerings to encroach on some traditionally B2B markets like automotive aftermarket parts distribution. Like it or not, your business is being disrupted by, and in competition with, the Earth's largest retailer and marketing-savvy media company. - John Giangrande, Automotive Aftermarket Industry Leader, Fortna Inc.

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Retail Apparel Industry Taps RFID for Inventory Accuracy

Analyst Insight: The retail apparel market continues to lead the charge when it comes to deploying innovative technologies like RFID that allow for much higher inventory accuracy levels and can pave the way for omnichannel retail strategies. Both Inditex and H&M have made strong commitments to RFID technology, following in the footsteps of Macy's, long considered the leader when it comes to RFID and apparel. According to industry estimates, nearly 4 billion apparel items were tagged with RFID in 2015. - John Johnson, Senior Content Specialist, Gartner Supply Chain

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AA Cargo Enhances Air Waybill Tracking Capability

American Airlines Cargo has built new tracking functionality for air waybills (AWBs) into its website.

View Technologies Issues Pair of Smart Antennas

View Technologies has made commercially available the Echo 300 and Echo 302 smart antennas for capturing real-time data for items incorporating RAIN RFID (Passive UHF) tags in retail, manufacturing and logistics.

Southeastern Freight Lines Enhances Canada-U.S. Service

Southeastern Freight Lines, a provider of regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, is now providing door-to-door cross-border delivery between Canada and the U.S.

ModusLink Launches EPIC for Planning and Collaboration

ModusLink Corp. has launched its Enhanced Planning and Integrated Collaboration (EPIC) tool.

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Tanker Rates Off to Good Start, But Could See Softening Later This Year

Tanker shipping freight rates are expected to remain firm in the first few months of 2016, but with the influx of tonnage these rates are expected to soften towards the end of the year, according to the latest edition of the Tanker Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

Industry's Use of Robots Is Increasing. What Does That Mean for Your Job?

If a robot takes your job, don't say the government didn't warn you.

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CMA CGM Upgrades French West Indies Service

CMA CGM has upgraded its service from Northern Europe to the French West Indies, with the addition of two calls at Zeebrugge and Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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Intellichief Offering New Document-Capture App

Intellichief LLC, a provider of automated document-management and workflow applications, has announced the advanced release of Enterprise Capture, the front-end document-capture component of the Intellichief enterprise content management (ECM) system.

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ALK Debuts PC-MILER/Rates; Issues Maps Within Oracle TMS Cloud

ALK Technologies has introduced PC-MILER/Rates to its suite of transportation software.

Growth in Global E-Commerce Logistics May Approach 10 Percent in 2016-2020 Period

The global e-commerce logistics market is expected to grow at 9.69 percent through 2020, primarily because of growth in the cross-border e-commerce market, which is expected to increase at a rate of more than 28 percent worldwide.

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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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