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Image via Flickr by informatique Argos is the biggest non-food retailer in the United Kingdom. Their annual sales are $6.7 billion. They sell home improvement products, lawn and garden items, and other home and electrical appliances from their catalog, website and 700 stores around the United Kingdom and Ireland. During their rapid growth, Argos needed…
Image via Flickr by raymond_whittaker Businesses build a number of vendor relationships over time, and it’s easy to stick with the same one for year after year, even when they’re not meeting your needs. Ask yourself these questions to determine if it might be time for a change.Oops! You don’t have permission to view this…
Image via Flickr by Michael Elleray Nobody likes to make predictions about the price of oil because it is such a volatile market. Oil prices are affected by the climate, politics, and other industries. As a matter of fact, the price of a barrel of oil can easily double in only a few months depending…
Image via Flickr by andjohan We’ve all heard news reports about companies shutting down their US factories and moving those jobs overseas, causing hundreds and thousands of Americans to become unemployed. How could outsourcing possibly be good for the local economy when it immediately results in lost jobs?Oops! You don’t have permission to view this…
Image via Flickr AlishaV Amazon is testing online grocery shopping and delivery in key cities, and Walmart and several other grocers have implemented online grocery shopping with store pickup programs. This is a grocery shopping trend that will continue in 2017. Check out why it’s booming and how it’s affecting retail logistics.Oops! You don’t have…
Image via Flickr by roger4336 More good news on the economic front shows growth and strength even outside the encouraging sector of manufacturing. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM has released their Non-Manufacturing Report on Business indices since January 2008. August of this year showed some of the highest readings since the report was launched….