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ADUSA Supply Chain Opens New Distribution Centre

ADUSA Supply Chain has opened a new distribution centre in Manchester, Connecticut. The facility will receive, select and transport 88 million cases of...

Not Again? Costco Imposes Purchase Limits On Toilet Paper Amid Signs Of Panic Buying

Costco Wholesale has announced it is reinstating purchasing limits on some key items, including toilet tissues and bottled water, spurred by panic buying f...

Target To Hire 100,000 Additional Workers For Forthcoming Holiday Season

Retailer Target Corp has announced plans to hire 100,000 seasonal workers this year, fewer than last year, to prepare for the holiday season at a time when...

Food Export Helps Businesses Connect With American Exporters And Partners

Nonprofit organisations Food Export Northeast and Midwest aim to strengthen the relationship between American exporters and partners around the globe. F...

Battle Lines Being Drawn As Amazon Moves On Bricks and Mortar Retailers: Analysis

With Amazon eyeing its entry into the bricks and mortar retail market in the US, Craig Summers, UK managing director, Manhattan Associates examines what th...

Amazon Hikes Starting Pay To $18 An Hour

Amazon.com Inc has increased its average starting wage in the United States to more than $18 an hour and plans to hire another 125,000 warehouse and transp...

CME Cattle Futures Drop As Fire Closes JBS USA Beef Plant

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell to their lowest prices since June on Monday on concerns that US ranchers could temporarily lose a place to...

Walmart To Scrap Quarterly Bonuses As It Implements Wage Hike

Walmart Inc has said it is to phase out its decades-old quarterly bonuses for store workers as it implements hourly wage raises for employees. The US re...