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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Leading Carriers Investing in Real-Time Tracking Solutions

Enhanced visibility and control are important benefits for temperature-sensitive cargoes.

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How ‘Hypermodal’ Trade will Transform Logistics

Report explores how Big Data and analytics are removing logistics efficiencies.

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Robotics and Automation: Evolution, not Revolution

Robots take on more picking, sorting and packaging as technology advances.

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Honeywell Nears Agreement to Acquire JDA Software for Around $3 Billion

Honeywell International

The acquisition would boost Honeywell’s shift into software, as opposed to the heavy goods like jet engines and building control systems for which the company is best known.

Honeywell International Inc. is nearing a deal to acquire JDA Software Group Inc., a maker of software that helps businesses manage their supply chains, according to a person familiar with the matter, according to MarketWatch.

Amazon Prime Video Makes Japanese Delicacies '1-Click' Purchase

Amazon hopes this combination of online streaming and shopping can differentiate the new service from traditional shopping channels.

Japanese entertainment conglomerate Yoshimoto Kogyo will create video content featuring local specialties from across Japan to be shown on Amazon Prime Video. While watching, shoppers can buy the products featured just by tapping the '1-Click' icon.

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BlueGrace Logistics Receives $255 M Investment, Will Add 700 Positions

BlueGrace Logistics LLC

BlueGrace intends to use the funding to fuel the rapid growth of the business, including hiring 500 to 700 new employees, accelerating its national expansion plans and pursuing strategic acquisitions.

Founded in 2009, BlueGrace has developed a proprietary software platform that provides customers who need to ship goods with multiple offers from trucking companies.

Supply Chain Visibility

How to Build a Supply Chain that Can Tackle Quick-Service Restaurant Breakfast Challenges

The most in-demand item on your supply chain breakfast menu should be a heaping scoop of agility.

Whether your company sticks to traditional fare like eggs and bacon, or ventures into more exotic breakfast items, your supply chain is the difference between coaxing your customers into a lucrative morning routine or making a stop by your restaurant a one-time curiosity.

E-Commerce Puts Kroger Into Competition with Partner Procter & Gamble

The expansion of private-label brands could be a threat to consumer-product companies that fail to generate excitement for their brands with innovation and advertising.

BJ’s Wholesale Club Taps CommerceHub Boost E-Commerce Growth

BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc.

The platform will coordinate the process of buying, storing and shipping inventory from CommerceHub’s network of approximately 9,500 drop-ship suppliers that receive orders and ship products directly to consumers.

BJ’s joins a vibrant network of trading partners, which in 2015 powered an estimated $11.6 billion in gross merchandise value (total economic value of goods) through CommerceHub’s platform.

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Walmart Bids to Acquire Jet.com to Fight Amazon

The world's largest retailer is playing catch up with Amazon.com Inc. on distribution and technology, and acquiring Jet.com could give Wal-Mart access to their innovative pricing software, its network of warehouses and customer data.

Wal-Mart disclosed a total of $3.1 billion for e-commerce and digital projects, such as its platform and new warehouses, in the four fiscal years to January 2017.

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Illinois Lawmakers Crack Down on Unlicensed E-Commerce Wine Shipments

The legislation represents the alcohol industry's attempt to protect the so-called three-tier system against unlicensed wine shippers sending booze to Illinois customers and merchants illegally bringing alcohol across state borders without paying taxes.

When you buy a six-pack or a bottle of wine or tequila at a store in Illinois, you're participating in the three-tier system in its most traditional format. A wholesaler sold that alcohol to the store after buying it from the manufacturer.

Grocery Delivery Startup Shipt Raises $20.1 Million to Take on Instacart

Shipt members receive unlimited grocery deliveries on all orders over $35 and Shipt shoppers are paid per-order and average about $17 per-shop, according to TechCrunch.

Now with offices in San Francisco, Shipt has grown to deliver groceries in 27 cities across 10 states with a community of more than 5,000 shoppers.

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