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Philippines Turns Plastic Trash to Fire Cement Plants and Build Roads An innovation in an approach to sustainability has taken hold in the Philippines.  Plastic garbage including discarded shopping bags, sachet wrappers and plastic packaging is now being used to fire...

Is Alcohol the New Secret Weapon to Higher Retail Sales? High end retailers have introduced a new experiential feature in select store locations and have hopes that it will boost retail spending.  What is this magic elixir you ask?  Alcohol.  The new 320,000 square...

U.S. and China Sign “Phase One” Trade Deal Signed Wednesday, January 15th, the new deal mandates that China will purchase an additional $200 billion in U.S. goods and services over the next two years, based on 2017 figures before the trade war began.  In 2017, China...

California Clears the Way for First State Prescription Drug Label In an effort to reduce prescription drug prices, the state of California announced its intention to be the first state to launch its own prescription drug label. The idea, proposed by Governor Gavin...

Amazon Improves on Sustainability and Stretches Free Return Policy Recent research conducted by Oracle Retail indicates that 77% of shoppers plan to return holiday gifts this season.  Typically between 30 and 50% of those who received gifts return them due to wrong...

Time to Park:  Trucking Industry Leader Celadon Closes In a surprising turn of events, one of the largest U.S. trucking firms is calling it quits. Last week, two former Celadon executives were charged with fraud and conspiracy for allegedly hiding millions of dollars...

China Cautions Tariff Cut Before Phase One Trade Deal with U.S. Still in search of a satisfactory end to the China-U.S. trade war, the Chinese commerce ministry recently emphasized that some American tariffs must be rolled back before a phase one deal can be...