Consumer Packaged Goods

From Bean To Bar: Supply Chain Connects Small Farmers And Premium Chocolate Industry

January 17, 2017

Eladio Pop greets me for a tour of his 30-acre acre farm with a football-size cacao pod strapped to his back and a braided reed across his forehead. "Welcome to my paradise," he says, as we head into his Belizean rain forest brimming with cacao trees, pineapple shrubs, banana and mango trees, coconuts palms and a host of medicinal plants.

UN Experts: Rebels, Criminals And Army Interfere With Supply Chain, Exploit Congo Gold

January 17, 2017

The New York Times

Some army officers, rebel groups and criminal networks in Congo are still illegally exploiting the country's gold and mineral riches despite government and military bans, U.N. experts said in a report circulated last week.

Amazon Tests Product Listing Ads, Tops Google

January 17, 2017

MultiChannel Merchant

While for years Google was the number-one online destination for shoppers searching for products across desktop, mobile and tablet, it has recently lost its top ranking as a product search starting place to Amazon.

China Factory Prices Rising Fastest In 5 Years Adds To Reflation

January 16, 2017

Bloomberg

China's producer price index rose at the fastest pace in more than five years in December as the factory to the world swings from being a drag on global inflation to another potential force pushing prices higher.

Symphony Retail Solutions Introduces Cloud Tool To Drive Same-Store Revenue

January 13, 2017

Symphony Retail Solutions

Symphony Retail Solutions, a software and services provider for retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers, has announced Symphony Retail Cloud (SRC), an end-to-end, customer-centric cloud tool for retailers and manufacturers. The tool will be launched at this month's NRF Big Show 2017 in New York.

Retailers Imported More Than Expected During Holidays, Report Says

January 13, 2017

National Retail Federation

Imports at the nation's major retail container ports saw an unexpected increase during the industry's busy holiday season, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released this week by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

U.S. Factory Orders Saw Their Biggest Decline In Months

January 12, 2017

Industryweek

New orders for U.S. manufactured goods fell in November on a sharp decline in aircraft sales, ending a four-month streak of increases, the Commerce Department reported last week.

Here Come Smart Stores With Robots, Interactive Shelves

January 12, 2017

CRM Daily

Tomorrow's retail stores want to take a page from their online rivals by embracing advanced technology - everything from helpful robots to interactive mirrors to shelves embedded with sensors.

Amazon Patents Flying Warehouse

January 10, 2017

Supply Management

Amazon has filed a patent for a flying warehouse that would deliver packages using a fleet of drones. The "airborne fulfilment centre", patented in the U.S., would consist of a giant airship that remains at high altitude while drones collect packages from it to deliver to locations on the ground.

Top 3PLs Of 2017

January 9, 2017

MultiChannel Merchant

As e-commerce continues to grow, so does the number of fulfillment options available to merchants. In particular, an increasing number of third-party logistics providers (3PLs) have emerged, handling all or some fulfillment operations for merchants who don't see it as a core competency.

Consumer Packaged Goods

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the consumer packaged goods industry. Learn how consumer packaged goods companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.