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Amazon reports quarter loss despite good sales

Internet retail titan Amazon has reported a money losing quarter despite impressive growth in sales.

Santé! To record-breaking success of SIAL China

The 15th edition of SIAL China was a record-breaking event on many counts. A total of 2,385 exhibitors (an increase of 11% over 2013) took over 96...

IT in Retail: IT eases marketing and growth

The experiences of two Australian companies show how small and medium-sized retailers can harness technology to break into international markets...

IT in Retail: Competing smartly with IT

Malaysian retailers are keenly aware of the value of information technology. Prakash Sakti finds out how IT is used to boost the competitive advantage...

IT in Retail: Empowering the business with timely information

The Araneta Group tells Tina Dumlao it is poised for expansion and growth with a fully modern ERP system while FoodAsia says its ERP system helps with...

UPS expands contract logistics reach in China to serve growing demand

UPS has opened a new contract logistics distribution facility in Beijing. It said the 6,500sqm warehouse space located 19km from Beijing International...

Manhattan Associates optimises supply chains of Clarins and Sephora

Supply Chain commerce solutions provider Manhattan Associates, Inc. announced that SDV, the global leader in supply chain management services, has...

Mobile racking increases capacity by 30% for Oxford Cold Storage

Dematic, a materials handling and logistics automation company, has helped Oxford Cold Storage in Australia implement a mobile pallet racking system...

Retail CEOs not making required supply chain transformation

In a global survey, half of the world’s CEOs recognise that their supply chain can be a strategic differentiator, but the majority of them believe...

AEB launches ASSIST4 monitoring solution

AEB Asia Pacific has announced a new version of its ASSIST4 Monitoring & Alerting solution. The latest version offers unparalleled business...

Revionics extends Markdown Optimisation solution

Revionics Inc., which delivers solutions for omnichannel merchandising strategies, has announced the latest release of its Markdown Optimisation...

Using big data to know Australian shoppers

In an illustration of the use of big data, AdNear, a big data company that leverages geo-location to drive advertisement targeting across mobile...

Mark Gray: Driving e-commerce in a borderless realm

Almost every aspect of retail today is far removed from what it was twenty, ten or even five years ago. Yet at the heart of it, so much remains the...

Small merchants at Ben Thanh market adopt mobile payment

MasterCard and Sacombank have announced a partnership which is equipping small merchants at the iconic Ben Thanh market in Vietnam with mobile Point...