Consumer Packaged Goods

Target Tests Delivery of Online Grocery Orders

September 28, 2015

Target is testing the online grocery delivery waters. The Minneapolis-based discounter has teamed with Instacart, the online grocery delivery service that started in 2012, to let shoppers in the Minneapolis area order fruits and other perishables, as well as household, pet and baby products, and have them delivered to their homes in as little as an hour.

Conversion, Add-to-Cart Rates Drop Despite Growth in E-commerce Sales

September 28, 2015

FierceRetailIT

While e-commerce sales have been growing, year-to-year declines in conversion and add-to-cart rates are continuing. Retailers need to pay greater attention to personalization and relevant product recommendations to combat these declines and ensure that they remain successful.

Mars Opens Food Safety Research Center in China

September 28, 2015

Mars Inc.

Food producer Mars Inc. has opened a Global Food Safety Center, which it says is a first-of-its-kind facility for pre-competitive research and training that aims to raise global food safety standards through collaboration.

Cloud Comes to Aid of Manufacturers Faced with Increased Orders

September 25, 2015

Manufacturers Monthly (Australia)

Cloud computing can assist manufacturers to effectively respond to increased order volumes and complexity.

Fueling the Plastic Trash-to-Cash Pipeline

September 25, 2015

LiveScience

While some plastics are recycled, far too many are not - and end up buried in landfills or littered where they can enter delicate marine ecosystems.

Majority of Americans Will Bring Mix of In-store, Online Buying to Holiday Shopping, Report Finds

September 22, 2015

Pitney Bowes

Most Americans plan to shop both in stores (94 percent) and online (92 percent) this holiday season, with 94 percent of consumers planning to shop from a computer and 49 percent making purchases from a mobile device, according to the 2015 Holiday Shipping Survey from Pitney Bowes.

In Retail, Technology Transforms Supply Chain, In-store Operations, Customer Outreach

September 21, 2015

CRM Daily

Easier access to information is pushing the retail sector closer to what 18th century economist Adam Smith described as "perfect information" -- the idea of having equal information from all providers in order to make a choice.

Reshoring From China Is a Done Deal - Sort Of

September 21, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Companies shifting manufacturing from China back to the U.S.? That's old news. Given the recent economic setbacks in the Chinese economy, however, you have to wonder whether the trend will continue.

There Could Be Transport Solution Gold in Work Performed by Robot Garbage Man

September 18, 2015

Volvo Group

Imagine a robot that quietly and discreetly enters your neighborhood, collects your refuse bin and empties it into the refuse truck. It is done without waking the sleeping families and without heavy lifting for the refuse truck's driver. This is the purpose of ROAR, a joint project with the aim to develop tomorrow's smart transport solutions.

Consumers Rack Up Retail Sales, Apparently Unconcerned About Volatility in Financial World

September 17, 2015

Business Week

Retail sales in the U.S. climbed for a second straight month, a sign consumers may be looking past recent volatility in financial markets.

Consumer Packaged Goods

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