The words "Made in China" are synonymous with inexpensive electronics and housewares purchased in the United States. But a consequence of Americans' buying habits is air pollution that's also made in China, researchers say. Much of the ...
Despite tough economic conditions, revenues for the world's 250 largest retailers reached $4.3 trillion in the last fiscal year (June 2012 through June 2013). The average size of the top 250 retailers exceeded $17 billion according to the ...
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Specialist RFID solution provider and GS1 Business Alliance Partner RAMP RFID has announced the launch of the Xterprise Clarity Solution for item-level RFID to the Australian retail sector. GS1 Australia, Motorola, NRA and RAMP RFID are ...
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Wal-Mart Corp. Retail sales grew 0.2% in December, the Commerce Department reported Jan. 14. The expansion followed a 0.4% increase in November that was smaller than previously reported. On average, analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News ...
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Beginning March 15, Chinese consumers will have support from the courts in their efforts to sue manufacturers and retailers of unsafe food and pharmaceuticals, according to the South China Morning Post. The ruling, announced last week, ...
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Wal-Mart, an American multinational retail corporation, is recalling donkey meat snack products sold at some of its Chinese outlets after it was found that they contained DNA of other animals. The retailer stated that it is withdrawing ...
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Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News Parcel carriers UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. worked diligently in the days following Christmas to deliver packages that missed the promised Dec. 24 deadline. UPS said it cleared its backlog of Christmas ...
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Here's one trend Apple missed: headphones, a music lover's accessory that's as old as home stereo sound. Headphones made a huge comeback this holiday season, climbing up in the rankings of hot consumer electronics items. "For years, ...
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Slovenia-based NiceLabel has developed a new free and easy to use online PTI (Produce Traceability Initiative) label printing application for produce suppliers. The free online PTI label printing solution will allow produce suppliers to ...
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Wal-Mart has admitted some jobs will be lost from its business in India as the US retail giant plots its growth in the market alone. A report in India's Financial Express claimed Wal-Mart was letting go of 100-150 "senior- to mid-level ...
Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola is testing a new full-sleeve plastic label on its single-serve orb-shaped bottle available during the Christmas holiday season at Wal-Mart stores. The new full-sleeve label is made from a polyolefin mix which ...
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N Brown Group plc, the online, catalogue and stores retailer, announces the appointment of Ed Watson as Director of Global Communications. The role is the first major appointment by Angela Spindler since she became CEO in July 2013 and is ...
Millions of Americans logged on to e-commerce sites Monday to take advantage of deals ranging from free shipping to hundreds of dollars off electronics and half-price clothing on what was expected to be the busiest Internet shopping day of ...
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The online giant has attracted customers from big store chains like Wal-Mart and Best Buy with low prices and convenient shipping. Now, stores are fighting to get customers back during the busiest shopping period of the year. Story ...
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In the 1980s, pop singer Sheena Easton ("Morning Train," "For Your Eyes Only") did a radio commercial for some diet program where she lamented how hard it was to lose those last two pounds (and how the program could help, of course). At the ...
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