Consumer Packaged Goods

Alabama-Based Sporting Goods Chain to Build DC to Service 1,500 Stores

July 16, 2012

Hibbett Sports Inc. plans to move its distribution center from Birmingham to Alabaster, spending more than $25m on the project at a site near the Shelby County Airport.

Social Media Are Both Boon and Bane for Businesses

July 13, 2012

CFO

Business uses for YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are fast catching up to the leisure uses that have been their primary raison d'etre so far, and usage of LinkedIn, which was created as a business tool, keeps soaring.

RedPrairie Issues New Version of All-Channel Retail Application

July 13, 2012

RedPrairie Corp.

RedPrairie Corp. has released version 2012.1 of the RedPrairie Commerce Suite for retailers. The tool can be applied to all channels and multiple customer touch-points, the vendor said.

Mimicking Apple, Best Buy Re-Tools Its Retail Strategy

July 11, 2012

The Los Angeles Times

Good artists copy, but does the saying apply to retailers too? Best Buy hopes so, as it's converting 60 of its locations into Apple Store lookalikes, according to a new report.

Design Is Important Component in Relieving Transport Traffic Congestion

July 11, 2012

Maritime Executive

The economics of international trade demand that transportation planners and researchers continually seek methods by which to improve the productivity, efficiency and cost competitiveness of freight transport. These methods have included several developments in intermodal transportation technology and also in the design of intermodal terminals.

Preliminary Class 8 Orders Remain Weak for June

July 11, 2012

FTR Associates

FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing June Class 8 truck net orders at 16,195 units, the lowest month for orders since September 2010. Preliminary order numbers are for all major North American OEMs.

ERP & Voice Implementation at HD Supply Facilities Maintenance

July 9, 2012

David Wilson & Matt Bruner, HD Supply Facilities Maintenance

P&G, McDonald's & Microsoft Redefine Winning in Business Relationships

July 9, 2012

Kate Vitasek, Faculty, Center for Executive Education, University of Tennessee

Why Any Executive Must Consider Labor Management Today

July 9, 2012

Charles Zosel, Vice President, TZA

U.S. Consumer Goods Advocacy Group Forum Announce Joint Initiative on Deforestation

July 6, 2012

Consumer Goods Forum

The Consumer Goods Forum, an industry association of retailers, manufacturers and service providers, welcomes the announcement by the U.S. government at the Rio Plus 20 Conference to "forge a private-public partnership to support a concerted international effort to reduce deforestation by promoting sustainable supply chains."

Consumer Packaged Goods

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the consumer packaged goods industry. Learn how consumer packaged goods companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.