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Significant Numbers of European Consumers Find Buying Directly From Manufacturer to Be Attractive Option

More than two-fifths (42 percent) of European adults have bought products directly from a manufacturer in the last 12 months, according to the JDA Manufacturing Pulse Report, which surveyed 6,146 adults online across the UK, Germany, France and Sweden.

RFID Tags, Readers ID Locations of Thousands of Workers at Giant Chinese Nuclear Power Plant

The Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant, part of the China National Nuclear Corp., has deployed a system that uses passive ultrahigh-frequency RFID tags and readers to identify the locations of thousands of workers, according to zone, as well as help locate individuals in the event of an emergency and prevent anyone from entering unauthorized areas.

36 Percent of E-Commerce Sales Lost Due to Poor Checkout Performance?

Twenty years after the launch of the commercial internet, most merchants still fail to optimize the online checkout experience for the customers who visit their virtual storefronts. The result is that they stand to lose as much as 36 percent of sales due to the frictions that remain from discovery through checkout. Merchants could lose additional sales during payment processing.

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Growing Exports of U.S., Mideast Methanol to Heavily Impact Chemical Shipping World

New U.S. and Middle East methanol production capacity being added over the next two years will have serious implications for chemical shipping trade flow patterns, according to the latest edition of the Chemical Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

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Transportation Insight Acquires BirdDog Solutions

Transportation Insight LLC, a global third-party logistics (3PL) provider, has acquired BirdDog Solutions, a provider of parcel logistics in North America.

Long Shopping Lines? Blame New Technology in Your Credit Cards.

Shopping season means waiting in line. But this year may be even worse. New chip technology in credit cards is making consumers' purchases safer but also appears to be causing longer lines at some retailers.

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Big Data Comes to Supply Chain, But It Has to Be Employed Properly

Early uses of big data were concentrated in two areas: customer segmentation/marketing effectiveness, and financial services, particularly in trading. Recently, supply chain has become the "next big thing."

Smart-home Technology Expected to See Growth Topping 1,000 Percent Over Next Five Years

Home automation hardware, sold as stand-alone units rather than as part of a subscription package, will exceed 300 million in 2020, according to Juniper Research. This represents growth of over 1000 percent from an estimated installed base of 28 million units in 2015.

Now, Your Creditworthiness Depends in Part on Your Cybersecurity Measures

Cyberattacks are growing in number and scope due to rapid increases in interconnectivity and mobile data. In response, Moody's Investors Service announced that the credit implications associated with cyber defense, detection, prevention and response should start to take a higher priority within its credit assessments and analysis.

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Walgreens Chooses Deliv for Same-day Prescription Delivery in Some Areas in Dallas

Walgreens has selected Deliv, a crowdsourced, last-mile delivery company, to make same-day prescription deliveries in Dallas.

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Boston Consulting Group Launches Platform for Reducing Empty Containers

Boston Consulting Group has developed xChange, a Web-based marketplace to help ocean carriers reposition empty containers around the world.

LeanLogistics Releases New Version of LeanTMS

LeanLogistics, a vendor of transportation-management software and related supply-chain services, has launched version 15.3.0 of its flagship product, LeanTMS.

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