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U.S. retail might be moving backwards. Some online retailers say they will consider opening brick-and-mortar stores during 2015, according a report by the International Council of Shopping Centers. The study, which cited data taken from an eBay survey of 1,000 Internet businesses, found that 75 percent of those businesses expect …

By Ed Hoffman At Wholesale Capital Corporation, we created a 501(c)(3) so that we could raise money for charity via golf tournaments and other events. When we do these, my colleagues and I are expected to hand over all of the money to the charities we are collecting for. One …

Truck drivers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach walked off the job Monday in a dispute regarding wages and how they are classified as employees. Member of the Teamsters Union voted Saturday to approve the strike, prompting several hundred drivers from four companies to strike, according to …

Los Angeles County has proposed establishing a trauma center in Pomona. The facility, which would serve that city as well as the eastern end of the San Gabriel Valley, is being planned by the County Department of Health Services, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. If approved …

here’s much regret over the port strike, which some say paralyzed the industry for one year. There’s also call for more spending on logistics statewide, and a recurring theme is how moving goods from the port to the warehouse is becoming more high-tech. (Editor’s Note: This is an expanded version …

A manufacturer of electronic signs used by theaters and other businesses has moved its corporate headquarters to Ontario. Optec Displays Inc. will move from the City of Industry to a new 81,000-square-foot building at 1700 S. De Soto Place, according to a statement on the company’s website. The move was …