Supply Chain

01/22/2013 - 11:27am
Deloitte: Sales in warehouse club stores to outpace other channels

Consumer products executives expect their highest growth to come from the warehouse club channel compared with any other retail sales channel over the next three years, including mass merchandise, grocery, and e-commerce, according to new research from Deloitte.

01/15/2013 - 7:05pm
Walmart to boost sourcing from U.S. suppliers

Walmart plans to significantly boost its sourcing from domestic suppliers over the next decade.

01/14/2013 - 1:14pm
Façonnable, TAGSYS roll out RFID inventory management system

TAGSYS RFID said it is rolling out a global deployment of its FiTS (Fashion-item Tracking System) integrated RFID system with fashion brand, Façonnable.

01/11/2013 - 5:28pm
Retail imports to increase 2.3% in January under looming threat of port strike

Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 2.3% in January over the same month last year as retailers continue to urge labor and management to avoid a strike at East Coast and Gulf Coast docks, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

01/10/2013 - 12:05pm
E-World Online and Costco partner on program to reduce waste

Consumer electronics recycler E-World Online said that it has teamed with Costco Wholesale Corp. on the launch of a national program to make managing merchandise returns more sustainable.

01/09/2013 - 11:19am
DSW taps VendorNet as omnichannel partner

Designer Shoe Warehouse Inc., has selected VendorNet to provide ship-from-store and dropship management solutions.

01/03/2013 - 5:37pm
Menards and Icom North America team toward propane autogas fleet

Icom North America announced an installation program for 140 propane autogas Ford F150 pickup trucks for use by Menards home improvement stores.

12/28/2012 - 3:45pm
Port strike averted

A federal mediator announced Friday that the union for longshoremen along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico has agreed to extend its contract for 30 days.

12/27/2012 - 5:03pm
Report: Port strike would threaten spring retail sales

A report by MarketWatch said that a potential strike by nearly 15,000 dock workers at 14 ports from Boston to Houston beginning on Sunday may derail retailers’ spring selling as well.

12/19/2012 - 5:12pm
RILA: Obama needs to take action on port strike

In a letter sent Wednesday, Retail Industry Leaders Association president Sandy Kennedy asked President Obama to take action to prevent a work stoppage at the East and Gulf Coast ports.