Retail

Chain Restaurants Association Urges End to Ethanol Mandate

November 20, 2013

The National Council of Chain Restaurants issued the following statement from NCCR Executive Director Rob Green on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume mandate for 2014: The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed adjustment to the Renewable Fuel Standard volume mandate is an implicit recognition that the ethanol mandate is out of sync and out of touch with current market realities. With this proposal, the EPA is essentially saying, 'if you like your 15-billion-gallon corn ethanol mandate, you can keep it.'

Amazon's Decison to Deliver on Sunday Called a Retail Industry 'Game-changer'

November 20, 2013

Storefront Backtalk

Amazon's announcement of Sunday delivery effectively turned the traditional e-commerce world upside down. It truly is a game-changer, not only for online retailers but also for brick-and-mortar stores that are battling for their share of sales this holiday season.

JDA Readies New Application for In-Store E-Commerce Picking

November 19, 2013

JDA Software Group Inc.

JDA Software Group Inc. has set Dec. 26, 2013 as the release date for JDA In-Store Picking, the vendor's application to allow retailers to pick electronic-commerce orders in a store.

New Damco Container Freight Station Opens for Business in Indonesia

November 19, 2013

Damco

Damco Indonesia has opened a new warehouse in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia.

Overall 2-Percent Increase Seen in Chain Restaurants' Food Costs Next Year

November 19, 2013

SpenDifference

The cost of food products that chain restaurants use will increase overall by 2 percent in 2014, according to the newly released purchasing cost outlook by SpenDifference LLC, the chain-restaurant purchasing cooperative.

Furniture Supply Chain Begins to Think Green

November 18, 2013

Mbiz

Suppliers to the office furniture industry better start paying close attention to the materials going into the pieces they're making. That's because the sustainability programs being implemented by the office furniture OEMs in West Michigan and beyond are increasingly demanding the suppliers provide more detailed information about the chemicals that go into their products.

Retail 'Shrink' Cost the Industry 1.4 Percent of Sales Worldwide Last Year And Is on Rise

November 18, 2013

Euromonitor International

Shrink, consisting of shoplifting, employee or supplier fraud, organized retail crime and administrative errors, cost the retail industry more than $112bn globally last year, according to the 2012-2013 Global Retail Theft Barometer, and represented 1.4 percent of retail sales, on average.

Demand Management from the Supplier to the Retailer

November 18, 2013

ChainLink Research

Winning the game in demand management is a yard-by-yard gain. There may be some super long passes and some genius calls, but by and large, making progress requires granular visibility of the market, and software that can understand the data and, like a great quarterback, call the shots in a timely way.

Old Dominion Relocates to Larger Facility in Albuquerque

November 15, 2013

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has relocated its service center in Albuquerque, N.M., to a larger facility.

What Is Inventory Optimization All About?

November 15, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

Will Benton, chief executive officer with GAINSystems Inc., defines the term "optimization" as it relates to inventory management, and shows how companies can reap big benefits from applying the concept to their operations.

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