Consumer Packaged Goods

RF-RFID Labels Aids Retailers in Electronic Article Surveillance

December 11, 2015

Checkpoint Systems, Inc., a global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, has announced patent-pending dual RF-RFID labels that incorporate UCODE 7 chips from NXP.

Decline in Chinese GDP Growth Takes Luster Off Global Diamond Jewelry Sale

December 11, 2015

Bain & Co.

Retail sales of diamond jewelry grew last year and in the first half of 2015 by 4 percent to 8 percent with solid performance from the U.S. Meanwhile, the Chinese market continues to slow, due to stagnant GDP growth, which caused a ripple effect across the entire value chain. In 2015, diamond producers and mid-segment companies should anticipate a 10 percent to 20 percent decrease in revenue with diamond jewelry sales to remain near flat.

Retailers Wrapping Up Holiday Merchandise Supply, Demand

December 11, 2015

NRF

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to be essentially unchanged from last year this month as stores bring in the last round of merchandise for the holiday season, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

China Loses Its Luster as Top Site for Low-Cost Production

December 10, 2015

EBN

China's status as the world's center for low-cost production is waning, as manufacturers increasingly seek alternatives elsewhere.

The 'Last Mile' Still Involves Right Mix of Speed, Variety, Convenience

December 10, 2015

Strategy + Business

Nearly two decades ago, just as e-commerce was taking off, a group of players emerged to claim their share of the home-delivery market. Remember Webvan, Urbanfetch, Kozmo, and HomeGrocer?

Retailers Wary of Change in Consumers: Number of Last-Minute Shoppers on Rise

December 10, 2015

The Washington Post

Now that retailers have put their Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales behind them, many are gearing up for another potential holiday season gauntlet: A possible crush of procrastinators hitting their stores and websites at the last minute.

Mobile Point-of-Sale Systems Could Exceed 54 Million Unites in 2019

December 8, 2015

CRM Daily

The last decade has seen many technological advancements in known payment environments. The introduction of point-of-sale systems has changed payment experiences by replacing cash registers in many scenarios. Credit cards have become a preferred mode of payment and more merchants are working toward accepting them.

Four Factors Drive 50 'Most Innovative' Companies

December 8, 2015

BCG Perspectives

Innovation continues to rise in importance. In The Boston Consulting Group's tenth annual global survey of the state of innovation, 79 percent of respondents ranked innovation as either the top-most priority or a top-three priority at their company, the highest percentage since we began asking the question in 2005, when 66 percent said innovation was their top or among their three top priorities.

Cost, Not Quick Delivery, Uppermost in Minds of Those Buying Online, Report Finds

December 4, 2015

Air Cargo World

While more peak-season shopping will likely be done online this year than ever before in North America, one of the most important factors in a shopper's decision to use the web will be cost rather than speed of delivery, according to a consumer survey conducted by Canadian parcel and freight service Purolator International, along with the Stony Brook University Center for Survey Research.

At Walmart.com, Mobile Commerce Comes of Age

December 4, 2015

Fierce Retail

Mobile has firmly won the battle of devices this holiday season at Walmart, where mobile made up more than 70 percent of traffic to the retailer's website since Thanksgiving.

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