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TruckIt365 Announces Technology Offering To The Freight Industry

Commercial shippers can post their freight and access a network of pre-qualified asset-based carriers and freight brokers, while trucking companies can submit freight rates and position themselves in front of decision makers.

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Food Retailers Learn Which Social Media Channels Work Best

Gen-Y shoppers are more likely to look at, and share, social media notices than in-store posters.

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Software & Technology

U.K. Funds Initiative To Help Small Retailers Compete Using Apps

Pre-booking a parking spot is one of 21 technology projects the government has funded to the tune of £2 million in the hope they can help high street retailers.

Investors put about $5.4 billion into food and grocery delivery startups around the world in 2015, according to research firm CB Insights. That’s more money than poured into digital health care companies by about a billion dollars, and more than double what software-as-a-service companies collected.

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Social Media Systems Help Restaurants Track Diners’ Behavior

Shared online reservation systems can be used to track dining “performance” - how much you ordered, whether you tipped well, how pleasantly you treated staff or whether you continued to camp out at the table long after you'd finished dessert.

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Congress Passes Water Resources Bill Supporting Public-Private Partnerships For Water Treatment

A key provision of the WRRDA bill establishes the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA), a five-year pilot federal loan program for water projects.

Pure Leaf Iced Tea Partners with Gail Simmons To Bring Fresh Produce To Communities Nationwide

The center of the "Share the Love of Leaves" program is Pure Leaf's newly-launched Tumblr page, which will serve as a destination for fans to follow the program and experience the brand's passion for realness through recipes, household tips, DIY projects and daily inspiration.

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Grocers Source More Food From Rooftop Gardens

Rooftop greenhouses producing herbs, salads and tomatoes are just one of several efforts to grow food closer to the point of sale.

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Light-Duty Natural Gas Vehicles Will Reach 4.2 Million in Annual Sales by 2023, Forecasts Navigant Research

During the last few years, however, a number of major automakers have refocused their efforts in the NGV market, and growth in this category is expected to be strong across all regions in the coming years.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

U.S. Delays Cargo Container Scanning: British Association 'Not Surprised'

British International Freight Association (BIFA)

The director general of the British International Freight Association says it was “hardly surprising” to hear the recent news that the U.S. has delayed new rules for two more years that would require all cargo containers entering the U.S. to be security scanned prior to departure from overseas.

Supply Chain Visibility

Industry Week Cites Numerous Qualifications For Making Gartner Top 25 Supply Chains

What constitutes an eligible company is sometimes a head-scratcher to figure out exactly what kind of a “supply chain” Gartner is looking for.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Stock Price Rises; Some Analysts Upgrade Stock

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

As of May 15, there was short interest totaling 18,209,676 shares, a growth of 21.7 percent from the April 30 total of 14,958,963 shares.

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The Week Ahead in 60 Seconds: 'Put Down That Coffee Cup and Listen Up!'

A devastating fungus known as coffee rust is threatening Latin American coffee producers and the U.S. is rushing in to help.

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