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Class 8 Commercial Vehicle Demand Remained Soft in August

Weakness at the front end of the demand cycle for heavy-duty commercial vehicles persisted into August, although underlying fundamentals are healthy. This updated status of the North America commercial vehicle market was included in the State of the Industry report, released by ACT Research Co., which covers Class 5 through 8 vehicles for the North American market.

I.D. Systems Debuts Analytics Tool for Industrial Vehicles

I.D. Systems Inc., a vendor of wireless technology for managing high-value assets, has introduced a tool for providing insights into the performance of industrial vehicles in manufacturing and distribution facilities.

Could Rising U.S. Exports and Reshoring Help Create Up to 5 Million Jobs by 2020?

Manufactured exports - a bright spot of the U.S. economy in recent years - are set to surge. Combined with jobs created as a result of reshoring, higher U.S. exports could add 2.5 million to 5 million jobs by the end of the decade, as manufacturers shift production from leading European countries and Japan to take advantage of substantially lower costs in the U.S., according to new research by The Boston Consulting Group.

Is Amazon About to Enter the Grocery Delivery Business in California?

Building a profitable service is difficult because grocery stores have painfully low margins. Remember dot-com flameouts HomeGrocer and Webvan? Peapod, a pioneer in the space, still delivers in such cities as Chicago, New York and Philadelphia, but recently it's resorted to opening actual pickup locations to make the model work. FreshDirect has come as close as anyone to building a brand around home grocery delivery, but it remains small, operating primarily in the New York area. Yet, Amazon seems poised to move into the business in at least two California cities.

Logility Releases New App for SKU-Level Forecasting

Logility Inc. has made available a new application that enables SKU-level planning for products where traditional forecasting techniques are ineffective.

Cognex Enhances Line of Barcode Readers With 2DMax+ Technology

Cognex Corp. has incorporated 2DMax+ software for barcode reading into its DataMan 100 and 200 fixed-mount readers.

Report Raps Under-Investing in U.S. Airport, Marine Port and Inland Waterway Infrastructure

Aging infrastructure for marine ports, inland waterways and airports threatens more than a million U.S. jobs according to a new Failure to Act report from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Creating competitive advantage with Forward Stocking Locations

Challenge: A $17 billion medical technologies and services firm approached us in need of a logistically cost-effective way to respond to equipment service calls at medical facilities more quickly. Furthermore, the client's field engineers required fast, easy access to parts and tools availability information.

Survey Finds Retailers Upbeat About Year-End Sales

Following a better-than-expected back-to-school season, retailers are optimistic for year-end retail sales. According to a new survey from BDO USA, LLP, retail CFOs expect a 4.5-percent increase in total 2012 sales.

Research Indicates Retail Store Growth Either Steady or Accelerating

Research by Evoco Inc., a provider of design and construction project management software, has found that retail store growth, especially among retailers with 1,000 stores or more, is either steady or is positive.

Glum About the Economy, FedEx Cuts Its Outlook

FedEx Corp. says the global economy is worsening and it's cutting its forecast for the fiscal year ending in May.

As Battles Over Pipelines Continue, Rail Moves Great Volumes of Canadian Oil

Canada's oil patch is quietly sending large new volumes of oil on rail cars, even as it fights to overcome mounting opposition to plans for new pipelines to the U.S. Gulf Coast and Canada's West Coast.

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