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CPG Suppliers: Drowning in the Sea of Big Data
No doubt about it - consumer packaged goods companies are drowning in data today.
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Same-Day Delivery Is Going to Be Big - Some Day
Same-day delivery of items ordered online or from stores is an irresistible idea. Now if retailers could only figure out how to make it work.
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The Air-Cargo Freighter as Endangered Species
It's getting harder and harder to keep air-cargo freighters profitably aloft.
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Paper Planes: What's Keeping Air Cargo Carriers From Automating?
Fast and innovative: that's the image conveyed by the air cargo industry. So why is it lagging so badly when it comes to automating documentation and standardizing key procedures?
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Will Ocean Carriers Scuttle Their Future (Again)?
It looks as though we're in for a year of continued economic recovery and job growth, however gradual. That should be good news for ocean carriers - assuming they don't undermine their own success by flooding the market with capacity, then engaging in rampant discounting to fill it.
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Ocean Carrier Mega-Alliances: A Question Mark for Shippers
I'd like to propose a symbol for those huge new vessel-sharing alliances that will dominate the global container trades this year and beyond: a great big question mark.
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Love It or Hate It, Trade Is Driving Economic Recovery
Buyers and sellers appear generally optimistic about the prospects for trade and the economy this year. Let's hope they're not whistling in the dark.
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The Case for Free Trade
The U.S. has seen a substantial portion of its manufacturing base eroded by cheap overseas production. American workers blame free trade. So why should we speed up the process?
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The Case Against Free Trade
Was there ever a time when trade wasn't a polarizing subject? Judging from the endless debate, it's either the key to economic prosperity, or a catastrophe for the common worker. There seems to be no middle ground.
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Notes From the Oracle Value Chain Summit
Some random themes and thoughts to emerge from Oracle Corp.'s Value Chain Summit in San Jose, Calif. last week:
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Blurring the Lines Between Stores and the Web
Call it the Holiday Retailing Death Match: Team Black Friday versus Team Cyber Monday. Brick-and-mortar versus e-commerce sales. Physical stores pitted against the power of the internet.
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For E-tailers, Pleasing Holiday Shoppers Comes at a Price
During the just-wrapped Christmas shopping season, e-tailers were more aggressive than ever before in offering discounts and other kinds of come-ons to customers ordering over the internet. But they paid a high price for that strategy.
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