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E-Commerce Solutions

Alibaba’s Payment Affiliate Goes Global

Now they will focus on areas where they already have a presence, such as Brazil and Spain, as well as rural China, where Alipay hopes to reach 100 million users in as soon as two years.

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Amazon Fresh Expands Into Brooklyn, N.Y.

Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its online grocery delivery program to Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood and will soon expand to other areas in Brooklyn.

If it now opens brick-and-mortar grocery locations, Amazon would appear to be acknowledging that some kinds of purchases just might not be well-suited for the doorstep-delivery model.

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Chinese E-Commerce Operator IZP Buys Airport In Italy

IZP’s president Luo Feng, Premier Minister of China Li Keqiang and Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi attended the signing ceremony this week in Rome.

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German Incubator Internet Startup To Launch Grocery Delivery Service In Munich

ShopWings will use a network of personal shoppers to deliver from local stores within two hours of an order being placed. Customers will pay the retail price of the items plus a €4.90 ($6.21) delivery charge.

Family Farm Produce: An Important Ingredient In Global Snacks?

Local, family farms play a huge role in the global snacks sector – offering solid relationships and a keen focus on the environment.

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Carbon Footprint

Conagra Sets Timetable For Climate Resilience

ConAgra Foods is executing a four-pronged resilience approach toward climate.

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Barry Callebaut Sources 15 Percent Sustainable Cocoa - But Sets No Timescales To Scale Up

Barry Callebaut has confirmed it is sourcing 15 percent of its cocoa from sustainable sources but has not set targets to scale up to 100 percent.

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Penske Truck Leasing Becomes SmartWay Transport Partnership Affiliate in Canada

Penske Logistics

The U.S. EPA launched SmartWay in 2004 to help business improve the sustainability of their freight supply chains and NRCan introduced the program to Canada in 2012.

New Port Manatee Service Offers Swift Mexico Link

The direct, weekly service is offering a two-way connection between Mexico and U.S. for refrigerated produce and other goods

Foodlogica Offers Solar-Powered Food Transport In Amsterdam

Foodlogica aims to clean up the last leg of the local food transport system in Amsterdam by delivering local food products to cafes, restaurants, and catering businesses with solar-powered electric cargo trikes.

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CSX Rebuffs CP Railway Merger Overture

CSX Corporation Inc.

CSX rebuffed Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. after it made an approach in the past week, but both railways are under pressure to extend their reach to cope with traffic backlogs created by surging shipments of oil from the Bakken region of North Dakota.

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ATRI: Trucking Industry Operating Costs Rise Again

American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)

The average marginal cost per mile in 2013 was $1.68, an increase from the $1.63 found in 2012.

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