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      <title>China Women's Wear Suppliers Optimistic about Sales, but Profit Remains Difficult in 2010</title>
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      <description>With fierce price competition, majority of suppliers maintaining or decreasing prices, focusing on improving operating efficiency to reduce costs, according to China Sourcing Report</description>
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      <title>Retail Container Volume Projected to See Increases in 2010, Breaking 31-month Slide</title>
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      <description>Second half of 2009 continues declines from 2008 levels, but &amp;#34;less bad&amp;#34; numbers point to early signs of industry turnaround, according to NRF/IHS Global Insight Port Tracker report</description>
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      <title>Automated Transport Systems Seen Leading to Competitive Advantage</title>
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      <description>Top retailers operating with more efficiency, increasing productivity by enabling enhanced administration of their international transportation management systems, study finds</description>
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      <title>RETAIL: Meeting the Promise of Flowcasting</title>
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      <description>Applying distribution resource planning concepts to the store can get manufacturers and retailers working from a completely integrated supply chain</description>
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      <title>Retailers with Global Supply Chains Focus on Reducing Risk in 2010, New Study Finds</title>
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      <description>Visibility study from RSR Research sees top performers in the sector focusing their efforts on a few strategic partnerships, rather than trying to tackle activities at all trading partners at once</description>
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      <title>As Retail Sector Faces Winter of Discontent, Process Improvement Offers Hope</title>
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      <description>10,000 retail store closures expected by year end, but industry challenges bring opportunities, says Grant Thornton</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:53:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>The New &amp;#34;Demand-driven&amp;#34; Reality: Two Takes on What Being Driven by Demand Means Today - Part 2</title>
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      <description>Party's Over: Re-gearing for New Demand Patterns in the Consumer Sector</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Supplier Risk Seen Improving in Retail Industry</title>
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      <description>Financial performance improvements in key supplier sectors driving stability, CVM reports based on latest analysis of supplier financial data</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:36:00 -0400</pubDate>
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