Walmart announced that Kathleen McLaughlin, 48, has been named president of the Walmart Foundation, effective October 15. In addition to leading corporate giving, she will have responsibility for the company’s global ...
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Tempur Sealy International is restructuring its domestic sales functions in what it describes as a strategic move to drive growth and profitability. Beginning this month, the Tempur-Pedic and Sealy businesses will be managed under an ...
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US based software products provider Epicor Software has unveiled the new version of Epicor Vista for the automotive aftermarket with new web-based market and category intelligence services. The software is claimed to allow the automotive ...
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Epicor Software Corp. and the Aftermarket Auto Parts Allliance (Alliance) have signed an agreement to collaborate on a variety of information technology services. Epicor has provided electronic catalog data, data warehouse services and a ...
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Michaels announces the addition of pre-cut craft fabric to the thousands of creative products available in its stores, providing customers with one-stop shopping for their DIY projects. The pre-cut fabric, includes cotton, canvas, burlap, ...
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Nike announced that Charlie Denson, NIKE Brand President since 2006 and a 34-year veteran of the brand, will retire in January 2014. In conjunction with Denson’s decision to retire, the Company also announced strategic changes in its ...
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In an earlier column, we discussed a framework for risk identification. With the understanding that risk lies at the intersection of vulnerability (specific points of weakness in the supply chain) and exposure (financial or production ...
Dollar General Corporation reported record sales, operating profit and net income for its fiscal 2012 fourth quarter (13 weeks) and full year (52 weeks) ended February 1, 2013. Highlights of the results -Fourth Quarter Same-Store ...
Vendor Managed Technologies, Inc. (VMT) DBA Retail Velocity, a leader of “Big Data” retail demand sensing and retail execution solutions, was again honored by Consumer Goods Technology (CGT) readers as a leading demand data ...
Continuing its 19 year track record of innovation and solid growth, Vendor Managed Technologies, Inc. (VMT) announced that it will now be known as Retail Velocity. “The recent upsurge in the demand for our Velocity Solution Suite ...
McCubbin Hosiery LLC, an Oklahoma City, OK based supplier of socks, tights and slippers has engaged Enhanced Retail Solutions (ERS) for their cloud based offering, Retail Synthesis and Best Practices. ERS is a top provider of solutions to ...
Oracle announced enhancements to Oracle Retail Category Management, which helps grocers, big box retailers, hardlines and department stores improve sales through a customer-centric planning process that helps to create tailored assortments, ...
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The European Institute of Purchasing Management has granted the 2012 EIPM Peter Kraljic Excellence Award for'process management'to Grundfos Group Purchase. During the 2012 EIPM Purchasing Conference in Geneva,Switzerland,Grundfos Group ...
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Recently,Ningbo Steel wins"China Customs AA management enterprise"qualification granted by the General Administration of Customs.This is gratifying result achieved by Ningbo Steel in recent years in strengthening corporate integrity ...
Five years after German retail giant Otto provided investment capital for a start-up analytics software supplier, it achieved a 40% improvement in demand forecasting from the resulting technology. Otto derives revenue of €11.6bn ...
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