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Who’s Catching the Holiday Shopping Fever?

Enterra Insights

Lisa Rowan reports, “The National Retail Federation expects holiday retail sales to total between $727.9 ”[3] According to the article, “Everyone spends a little extra during the holidays, but consumers in Maryland and Utah spend more ? West Virginians make about half of what Marylanders do.” a lot more.

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Streamlining Public Procurement: 6 Strategies for Efficiency and Compliance

ivalua

As public procurement teams face increasing pressure to improve efficiency while upholding compliance and transparency, it’s essential that they have the right strategies in place. After all, how can you streamline procurement processes without sacrificing your standards? Data Insight Strategy. Processes and Compliance.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Earlier this week, the company warned officials in Maryland that it plans to close two delivery stations next month in Hanover and Essex, near Baltimore, that employ more than 300 people. Moving forward, Rosie employees will lead Instacart’s business strategy and technology development for local independent grocers. As of Sept.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 11-15, 2013)

Talking Logistics

University of Maryland Selects Resilinc as Supply Chain Risk Partner. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland plans to integrate Resilinc SupplyIntel into its supply chain course curriculum “for the purpose of educating future business leaders on supply chain risk management best practices.” .”

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5 Facts About American Manufacturing & 3 Reasons to Work In Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

No, there will not be as many jobs, unfortunately, in the manufacturing industry (with just today a report released about how by 2025 we will see more than 800,000 manufacturing jobs disappear even further than the peak in 1979) in the future. Surely, the future of manufacturing is an exciting place and we are all living in that place now.

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Global Trade and Decoupling from China

Enterra Insights

Stern Professor at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, explains: “ After World War II, amid a desire to integrate and rebuild the post-war economy, the U.S. strategy needs reglobalization to snatch critical power away from China.”[3]. ” They go on to predict, “U.S. Destler, the Saul I.

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