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To effectively service key customers such as Wal-Mart, Target and K-Mart, Applica Consumer Products Inc. has refined and streamlined its logistics operations.

Compliance remains king, but study finds that other benefits are beginning to prompt RFID adoption.

The legwear manufacturer will use the new software to help manage Wal-Mart relationship.

The joint l.e.i. collection will be distributed exclusively to Wal-Mart stores.

U.S. Congress passes the Consumer Product Safety Commission Reform Act, which calls for established consumer product safety standards for children's products as well as the reauthorization and modernization of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Local produce partnerships save big bucks for retailers such as Wal-Mart, A&Pand their consumers.

TerraCycle manufactures products from materials that have historically been considered to be garbage. Just recently, TerraCycle broke out of the plant food category and into the natural cleaner category, and did so using an innovative twist on recycling.

Sustainability is one of the latest, perhaps most important, trends to impact the consumer products industry in many years. But what is its ultimate purpose, and why is it critical that we wholly embrace this social, environmental, and yes, business imperative?