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Software Solutions

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.

E-Commerce Solutions

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.

Trump's Infrastructure Plan is Getting Support, Except from Bond Market

President-elect Donald Trump has proposed a $1 trillion, 10-year infrastructure plan, which he touted during his victory speech.

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Deliveroo Drivers in UK to Fight 'Contractors' Label

As self-employed contractors, Deliveroo couriers are not entitled to the rights available to workers, including sick pay and the national living wage.

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Port of LA, Long Beach and Maersk Line Collaborate to Study Container Ship Emissions

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“This is equivalent to strapping a Fitbit onto a large container ship,” Lee Kindberg, head of environmental efforts for Maersk Line, said in a statement.

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DOT Unveils National Alternative Fuel and Electric Charging Network

The federal government's new effort will help drivers find alternative fuels and vehicle charging stations nationwide.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is establishing a network of 55 alternative fueling and charging corridors for electric, natural gas, hydrogen, and propane fuel vehicles that spans 35 states and Washington, D.C., and 48 out of 55 routes will be designated as electric-vehicle charging corridors.

New Warehouse Construction, Lower Vacancies Continue to be Fueled by E-Commerce

E-commerce demand appears to be taking a bite out of the retail construction and shifting it to the logistics sector, with 53 million square feet of new logistics space delivered by developers in the third quarter was the second-highest quarter on record.

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U.S. Shipments of Packaging Machinery Rising to $8.5 Billion by 2020

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The food and beverage sector is expected to produce more than half this growth.

In regards to machinery categories, the rapid growth anticipated in the labeling, decorating and case handling segment is largely a result of new legislation demanding increased labeling and coding, continuing developments in printing technologies and the proliferation of SKUs.

As Amazon Focuses on Grocery, Alibaba Says They Won't Go Head-to-Head Against Them

Alibaba Group Holding is not currently seeking to make inroads into its bigger U.S. rival Amazon.com top markets, a senior executive at the Chinese e-commerce company told a business gathering in Hong Kong last week.

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China's Baidu Hopes to Raise $500 Million to Compete in Food Delivery

Using scooters to supply everything from Starbucks coffee to sliced sashimi, Waimai is in a pitched battle with rivals to sign up delivery men and convince restaurants to join its service.

Baidu’s takeout delivery business became a separate entity at the end of 2015 and a funding round earlier this year valued the business at $2.5 billion, Chairman Robin Li told investors on an earnings call in April.

UK Food Industry Worker Shortage at Worst Levels Since 2004

The warning also comes amid fears of a shortage of truck and van drivers to deliver goods to shops and homes.

David Camp of the Association of Labour Providers (ALP), whose employment agency members supply 70 percent of the temporary labor used by the food and drink industry in the UK, said responses to job ads had slumped as workers from the EU – who account for 90% of jobs in the sector – back away from the UK.

Target Removes its SVP of Grocery and Will 'Revisit' Strategy

The departure of Anne Dament, Target's senior vice president of grocery merchandising, comes as the Minneapolis-based retailer continues to struggle through an overhaul of its grocery department.

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