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Solution helps reduce miles driven by nationwide home delivery service. Enables next phase of initiatives for UK’s Abel & Cole.

According to market research company, The NPD Group, Inc., the housewares industry saw declines in 2008 across the board, no doubt as a result of the current economic climate.

Despite the au courant topics of “food miles,” “Slow Food” and “locavores” — that go hand in hand with the locally grown movement that’s being largely driven by America’s awakening green culture — the intricacies of our global produce supply chain are truly a thing of beauty.

When it comes to "going green", the size of the opportunity is clear. The Natural Marketing Institute (NMI) estimates that the size of the green marketplace (defined as products that are organic, natural or have an environmentally friendly benefit for the purpose of this analysis), is expected to reach $420 billion by 2010.

The three turnkey solutions are developed as a cost-effective means of driving traffic.

The economic recession is dramatically changing consumer shopping habits – changes that could be longer-lasting, according to Thom Blischok, president of consulting and innovation at Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), the leading global provider of consumer, shopper and market insights for the consumer packaged goods (CPG), retail and healthcare industries.

From government to food to finances, America needs greater focus on rebuilding trust. In November 2008, Mintel forecasted "Rebuilding Trust" as a key trend for 2009. Now as the year starts to unfold, the market research analyst identifies different areas where trust building will be crucial.

FMA, NFI and United Fresh have all thrown their support behind the proposed legislation.