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Changes in packaging can add up to significant benefits for the environment, according to the participants in Walmart’s Sustainability Expo. Packaging Digest reports that the expo highlighted changes in packaging that not only make environmental sense, but also improve customer experience.
Stephan Burkhardt at Globe-Net published a summary of seven lessons he took from a panel on social media and corporate responsibility at the GLOBE conference in Vancouver.
Start-Up America recently asked its readers to name everyday, routine tasks that they outsource to others. The article highlights 12 tasks that entrepreneurs regularly outsource and the strategies they use to find quality labor to perform the tasks.
WalmartHelp.com publisher 8th & Walton was featured in a recent article on The City Wire. 8th & Walton Executive Vice President of Marketing, Jeff Clapper, shared 8th & Walton’s vision and spoke of his childhood in a business-owning family. “We help nice, local, down-to-earth people looking to make a living and multi-national companies who want [...]
Citi and Walmart Puerto Rico have partnered to help local Walmart suppliers get paid faster and, potentially, expand their businesses, according to an article in Caribbean Business. Local suppliers can now receive cash payment on their accounts receivable in an average of ten days, keeping their own credit lines unencumbered.
Practical Ecommerce reports on Bizrate Insights survey on customer interaction with Pinterest and similar social media networks: 32% of survey respondents reported purchasing a product after seeing it on Pinterest or other photo-based social sites.
In the wake of the massive Kickstarter for the Pebble watch (over $7,000,000 in pledges with 19 days left in the campaign), inventors and entrepreneurs are looking toward unconventional funding methods to get businesses started and their products to market. The New York Times examined the phenomenon in a recent article.
For Immediate Release: 4.24.2012 Vast majority of small business owners believe clean energy investments spur job creation and economic growth, even after being reminded of Solyndra’s bankruptcy Small business owners support government investments in clean energy and believe such investments have an important role in creating jobs and boosting the economy, according to an opinion [...]
SAINT LOUIS, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – For the third consecutive year, United Industries Corporation, the Home & Garden subsidiary of Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPB), has been recognized for exceptional supplier service by Walmart, the world’s largest retailer. United Industries was named the 2012 Outdoor Living Supplier of the Year at Walmart for the third [...]
BtoBOnline.com reports on ways that businesses are using Pinterest to not only reach consumers, but other businesses. Major players, such as the Wall Street Journal and GE, highlight graphics, products and people with specialized Pinterest boards. Pinterest allows these companies to reach out to decision makers via photographs and images that capture their attention. . [...]
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