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Draeger’s Supermarkets Increases Profitability with Janam Mobile Computers

Draeger’s Supermarkets, an upscale grocery chain in one of the most tech-savvy cities in the United States, has deployed XG3 rugged mobile computers from Janam to improve inventory management in its grocery and housewares departments.

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Wal-Mart Trials Blockchain to aid Food Safety

If the trial is successful, it could change how Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which serves some 260 million customers a week, monitors food and takes action when something goes wrong

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Emerson Uses Internet of Things to Enhance Cold Chain Leadership, Help Safeguard Food Safety

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Monsanto-Backed Climate Corp Acquires VitalFields

Available in seven European countries, VitalFields offers software for farmers to plan, manage and analyze their field activities, including simplified tracking and reporting of all crop inputs to help ensure compliance with EU environmental standards.

Monsanto is betting that the growing debates over genetically-modified plants and other sourcing issues will only raise the value of transparency—and technology—in farming supply chains.

Alibaba Dives Deeper into Food, Invests in Supermarket Chain Sanjiang Shopping Club

Sanjiang said it aims to use Alibaba's e-commerce platform to make the most of the increasingly competitive bricks-and-mortar retail sector as China's economic growth slows.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. plans to invest RMB2.1 billion (US $305 million) in Zhejiang province-based supermarket chain Sanjiang Shopping Club Co., Ltd., as the Chinese e-commerce giant moves to pursue a 'new retail' model envisioned by founder Jack Ma.

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Idaho Company Pitches Vision of State Becoming Drone Freight Hub

Steve Edgar, founder of Empire Unmanned, presented his vision for the future of aerial shipping at a November 18 seminar at Idaho State University before a crowd of state leaders and economic development officials.

Although Steve Edgar emphasized it could be more than a decade before Boeing 747-size unmanned aircraft are hauling cargo, he intends to conduct an analysis of infrastructure at the airport and the surrounding community during 2017.

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Wal-Mart Hopes to Improve Food Safety with Blockchain Trial

With the blockchain, Wal-Mart will be able to obtain crucial data from a single receipt, including suppliers, details on how and where food was grown and who inspected it and remove any recalled products within minutes as opposed to days.

In October, Wal-Mart started tracking two products using blockchain: a packaged produce item in the U.S., and pork in China. While only two items were included, the test involved thousands of packages shipped to multiple stores.

LPWA Technology and IoT to Change How the Cold Chain Operates

One of the most impactful new developments is a category of wireless technology called low-power, wide-area (LPWA) technology, along with other new innovations the emergent IoT will offer the cold chains of the future.

Many vendors utilize passive data loggers in order to keep costs down. But because of the extreme increases in battery life and reduced module costs offered by LPWA technologies, these savings can be pushed into other investments, like purchasing more active loggers.

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Koch Industries Seeks Minority Stake in ERP Provider Infor

Infor, one of the world’s largest suppliers of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, helps companies automate their business processes and recently shifted its business model to software-as-a-service delivered over the cloud.

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Upcoming Holidays to Accelerate Online Grocery Shopping

Analysts say the holidays are particularly important for the online grocery delivery sector because there may be more consumers using it not just for restocking the refrigerator, but for orders when they forget something and don't have time to get it.

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Saudi Arabia, UAE Billionaire Launch E-Commerce Platform in Middle East

Dubai-based businessman Mohamed Alabbar and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund announced the e-commerce platform named Noon.com will start in January and will offer 20 million products for the Arab world.

E-commerce has struggled to gain a significant foothold in the Middle East, despite its young and tech-savvy population, hampered by inadequate logistics and electronic payment methods.

Will CO2 Be Used in U.S. Refrigerated Transport?

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Refrigerated trailer manufacturers see potential for natrefs in onboard trucking in U.S. market.

The natural refrigerant CO2, also known as R-744, is non-ozone depleting.

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