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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

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.

Petco Bets $100M on ‘Humanization’ of Pet Food Ingredients

As humans devote increasing attention — and cash — to their cats and dogs, Petco is betting that shoppers will shell out for pet food that’s free of artificial flavorings, colors and preservatives.

Coty CEO Is Frustrated With Supply Chain Snags at Beauty Brands

Coty Inc. suffered multiple disruptions to its supply chain in Europe and North America that hindered the beauty giant’s operations and stifled sales last quarter.

1108 Coty Ceo Is Frustrated

Retailers Are Spending Big on Digital Capabilities to Meet Customer Expectations

Global retail sector technology spending will grow 3.6 percent to reach almost $203.6bn in 2019, with similar growth rates for the next two years.

1106 Retailers Are Spending Big

The Top 10 Strategic Tech Trends for 2019, According to Analysts

A strategic technology trend is one with “substantial disruptive potential” that is beginning to break out of an emerging state into broader impact and use, Gartner says.

1030 Here Arethe Top

Five Technologies Reshaping Supply Chains and Customer Satisfaction

The same technologies that enable tighter, more efficient supply chains can also unlock better customer experience, engagement and loyalty.

1026 Five Technologies Reshaping Supply

When Your Customer Is Major League Baseball, It’s More Than a Game

With its exclusive license to supply promotional merchandise to the nation’s ballparks, BDA faces a massive challenge in meeting requirements for product quality and on-time delivery.

1019 When Your Customer Is

Ace Hardware Nails Global Operations' Replenishment Costs

As its jingle says: “Ace is the place with the helpful hardware folks.” But in a store with frequent stockouts, customer service can only go so far.

1023 Ace Hardware Nails Global

How a ‘Last-Mile’ Delivery Service Conquered the Streets of Italy

Milan, Rome and other major Italian cities pose huge logistical obstacles to deliverers of product ordered online.

1018 Howa Last Mile

For Crane USA, EDI Standards Are Key to Managing Omnichannel

The home appliance manufacturer introduces a branded product that pumps up sales — and sends the company scrambling for a way to manage the surge in orders.

OM Partners Simplifies Supply Chain Complexities at Leading Specialty Chemicals Company

Challenge: A specialty chemicals company was looking for end-to-end visibility in its performance intermediates supply chain. They needed a planning solution that enabled value-based planning — while dealing with a complex chemical network.

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