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80 Percent of U.S. Retailers Consider Personalized, Real-Time Marketing Automation Profitable

Symphony RetailAI finds AI-enabled marketing strategies built on a 360-degree customer view make customer targeting and campaign management smarter, faster and cheaper to execute.

UPS in Talks to Deliver Large and Bulky Goods

United Parcel Service (UPS)

UPS is in talks with a U.S. trucking firm to launch an in-home delivery service for large and bulky goods to help keep up with the e-commerce boom.

Ups

Reverse Logistics

Watermelon Shipments Down

To engage consumers, NWPB will introduce the "Watermelon On the Go" campaign this summer that will host a series of videos with simple, snackable and portable recipe ideas to help grain traction toward the fruit.

Watermelon

Sourcing & Procurement

Walmart Beats Amazon in Flipkart Deal

Flipkart has approved an agreement to sell 75 percent of its company to a Walmart led group for approximately $15 billion.

Walmart

Risk/Compliance

National COSH Announces "Dirty Dozen" Employers

The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health released its list of employers who put their workers at risk the most, including Amazon and Lowe's.

Cosh

Software & Technology

Soft Robotics Gains $20 Million

Oxipital AI (formerly known as Soft Robotics Inc.)

Soft Robotics is receiving $20 million in funding to expand into the logistics and e-commerce market.

Soft Robotics

Sourcing & Procurement

Prologis to Acquire DCT Industrial

Prologis announced that it will acquire its rival DCT Industrial Trust in a $8.4 billion all-stock transaction, including any debt that DCT may have.

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Sourcing & Procurement

T-Mobile and Sprint Must Convince Merger to Antitrust Cops

T-Mobile (formerly known as Sprint)

T-Mobile and Sprint must convince antitrust cops that its $26.5 billion merger will leave room for competition among wireless networks.

Spring Tmobile

Sourcing & Procurement

Spend Analytics in the Mid-Market: The Real Story

A survey of more than 6,500 mid-market procurement executives found spend analytics to be an essential or high priority.

DHL Opens $5 Million Facility

DHL Supply Chain

The Tampa-based facility will will handle international e-commerce shipments and support U.S. importers and exporters.

Dhl

Companies Blame Amazon for Driver Shortage

Companies are blaming Amazon for the increase of demand of truckers during the shortage due the e-commerce boom.

Truck

Risk/Compliance

Procurement Leaders Prioritize Risk Management As Most Important

Research found that 78 percent of typical companies and 90 percent of procurement leaders expect their organizations to be given more responsibility for managing risk within the next two years.

Risk Management

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