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Sam's Club, Vying With Costco and Amazon, Offers Free Shipping to Premium Members
Sam's Club is offering free shipping for premium members and simplifying its membership tiers.
Trump Tells Lawmakers He’s Mulling Limits on Imported Steel
President Trump suggested this week that the United States was likely to impose restrictions on imported metals, reviving the prospects for a continuing investigation whose future has been called into question amid months of pushback and delays.
E-Commerce Disruption and the Rise of Omnichannel Retail
E-commerce has disrupted retail to an extent that it is now the new "traditional" channel and the future of retail is omnichannel. The retail industry is going through an upheaval. Thousands of stores have closed, over 4000 net-new stores opened in 2017. Large department chains are closing stores while discount retailers and specialty businesses have opened many. Online-first retailers are setting-up physical stores while brick-and-mortar retailers are moving online. All these retailers are investing in technology to survive and grow. -Ashwin Ramasamy, Co-founder/CMO, and Shrikanth Jagannathan, Co-founder/Chief Data Scientist, both of PipeCandy
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Food Manufacturer Cuts Freight Spend by 10 Percent Using Kuebix TMS
Challenge: A large food manufacturer was using an arduous manual process to manage its freight. The company knew something had to change to eliminate extensive paper chasing, faxing, repetitive work and wasted time. But with the high volume of inbound and outbound freight to manage, a time-consuming implementation of a TMS wasn't feasible.
Daimler Warns of Supply Chain Risk From Switch to Electric Cars
Daimler AG, owner of the Mercedes-Benz brand, warned that a fall in demand for diesel cars and a switch to electric vehicles could force it to prop up its supplier base.
Why It’s So Hard to Sell Wine on the Internet
In 2012, a startup named Club W set out to help millennials find and buy decent wine on the internet. With bottles from a few boutique vintners, a slick web platform and a simple recommendation algorithm, the Los Angeles-based company had a propitious plan.
Trump Wants to Cut Food Stamps — and Replace Them With Blue Apron-Like Meal Kits
The Trump administration wants to overhaul the longstanding food stamp program, replacing it with a box of canned goods that it has likened to Blue Apron — a high-end meal kit service.
From Algae to Yeast: The Quest to Find an Alternative to Palm Oil
When green cleaning company Ecover announced the launch of a new laundry liquid containing an oil made from algae, as an alternative to the palm oil used in most detergents, it wasn’t prepared for the backlash.
How Merck Is Building an End-to-End Supply Chain
There's no question pharmaceutical supply chains are complicated. Add industry and government regulations — topped with geographical complexities — and it's become more challenging than ever for multinational companies to get beyond node-to-node planning.
After Years of Falling Prices, 2017 Marked an Explosion for Natural Gas
Because of the increasing emphasis on cheaper and cleaner energy sources, natural gas has become one of the most important commodities for the U.S. economy. The incredible boom in production has led natural gas prices to decline dramatically during the past three years. However, 2017 was a pivotal year, as prices finally recovered in response to strengthening global demand. -Connor DiGregorio, Research Analyst, IBISWorld Inc.
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Why Red Bull Changed Its Travel Buying Strategy
Travel buyers should start talking to their travel management companies (TMCs) now about how changes to flight booking technologies could impact them, Red Bull’s head of procurement has said.
Introducing a Cryptocurrency for the Food Supply Chain
And so the cryptocurrency mania continues, in yet another form.
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