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There's Money to Be Made in Returning E-Commerce Orders

Every week, dozens of people walk into Petals N Wax, a Marina del Rey gift store, to return items they bought from online retailers.

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Orders Pile Up for Tesla Semi That Doesn't Yet Exist As Rival Electric Trucks Get Rolling

When two sleek Tesla Semis sped across an airport tarmac next to the SpaceX rocket factory in Los Angeles in November, Elon Musk rocked the heavy-duty vehicle market with a disruptive vision of the future. But as eager customers settle in for a two-year wait for the all-electric behemoth, a robust market for heavy-duty electric trucks and buses is already taking shape.

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Infrastructure Rebuilding Is Trump Administration’s Next Big Push

A senior White House official said last week that the Trump administration’s push for an infrastructure rebuilding plan will begin in earnest early this month, and that the president has invited GOP congressional leaders to Camp David to nail down their agenda for 2018.

Will the Rapidly Shrinking Store Save Retail?

With holiday shopping in full swing, Sears decided it was time to host a “grand reopening” for its department store at Fair Oaks Mall in Northern Virginia, complete with magic shows, jugglers, face painting and free cotton candy.

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Kobe Steel Says Senior Executives Knew About Data Tampering

Kobe Steel Ltd, at the centre of a data-falsification scandal that has shaken Japan’s manufacturing industry, admitted for the first time that executives were aware of the cheating, and reassigned three senior officials.

Opinion: Port Automation and Cyber Risk

To stay ahead of competing ports and technological developments, automation has been heralded as inevitable. Major transshipment hubs and aspiring ports bet their future on automation, which raises the impact cyber risks could have in the long-run.

Blockchain Is Pumping New Life Into Old Companies Like IBM, Microsoft

Blockchain is getting bigger at Big Blue.

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UPS and FedEx Handle Record Holiday Surge With Minimal Delays

United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. delivered almost all of people’s presents by Christmas Day, with the former company finishing strong after a bruising late November.

How to Reduce Costs With 'Energy As Financial Planning' Approach

The diversity of options for securing energy and power available to an industrial energy manager today are vast and expanding.

From Virtual Restaurants to Exclusive Pop-Ups, the New War in Food Delivery Is in the Kitchen

Inside the Forage Kitchen in Oakland, Josh Kulp scrolled through the 89 pre-orders that had already come in for his restaurant’s fried chicken, getting just a preview of what the weekend would be like.

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Canada Launches $100M Procurement Scheme to Back Start-Ups

The Canadian federal government has launched a C$100m scheme dedicated to increasing purchases from start-ups.

Holiday E-Commerce Demand Got an Early Start in 2017

The growth of e-commerce around peak shopping season is no longer a new story, and this year was no exception. But 2017’s peak season did raise some eyebrows for getting off to an unusually early start, with sales from Nov. 1 to Nov. 22 up 17.9 percent, year-over-year, according to Internet Retailer’s report on the peak shopping season.

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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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