Rising Labor Costs, Inflation, Oil, are Causing Rapid Increases in Imports from China, with More Increases Expected; Crossing the Break Even Point

First Target is Toys, as Major Retailers Start Pulling Products; What Categories are Next?

As LMS Gains in Popularity, It is Time to Dispel Misconceptions that Sometimes are a Barrier to Adoption

Store Execution Thwarted RFID Success at Regular Wal-Mart Stores, He Says; Debate by Suppliers about How Much Value it Will Deliver at Sams

Continued Growth in Outsourcing and Offshoring Make the Question Increasingly Important; Sarbanes-Oxley, Product Quality/Recall Issues Complicate the Issue; What is a Supplier to Do?

Now Privately Held, Chrysler was Willing to Take Plant Shutdown to Make its Stand with Troubled Supplier; Smart Strategy, or a Mistake in the Long Term?

New European Studies Show Environmental Benefits of Wood over Synthetic; Just How Should You Perform an Accurate Lifecycle Analysis? Will Shippers Really Choose Green over Efficiency?

US Parcel Operations Not Meeting Expectations, Says CEO, as Options are Studied; Rumors of Sale to FedEx; Is DHL a Needed Price Check on UPS and FedEx?

Goal is to Visualize "Social Networking;" Do You Need a Better Idea with Whom Your Cartons are Meeting Too?

Why Have Out-of-Stocks Remained Such a Big Issue in Retailing for So Many Years with So Little Apparent Progress? What Has to Happen to Finally Make this a Minor if not a Total Non-Issue?