Retail sales does not have to be a two-trick pony. Mark Ryski offers five ways to drive customer conversion rates in your stores.

Same-store sales are looking a little flat and you need to find ways to deliver better results. There’s still a scent of the financial melt-down lingering, but you survived that crisis and it’s time to start getting the sales needle to move in a positive direction.

A project assurance methodology transcends traditional project management barriers for successful software implementation, says Rob Prinzo.

Steve Yurick describes the recent advances in voice directed warehouse technology that can have a significant effect on distribution efficiency.

Even if everyone seems to have their sights set on you, there are strategies you can employ to move out of the range of price-based competition, says George F. Brown, Jr.

After a couple of years of uncertainty, the biggest iron ore company in Canada is in the process of becoming even bigger, as Jeff Daniels reports.

When you’ve been running a mine for the best part of half a century and have already produced over 1 billion tons of iron ore concentrate and pellets, you’d be justified in thinking that the last thing on anyone’s mind was an expensive expansion program.

In the last five months, BORCO Terminals Bahamas has not only taken on a new identity as a subsidiary of the US energy company Buckeye Partners, but is in the process of expanding its capacity to meet future demand.

Buenaventura is Peru's largest publicly-traded precious metals company and a major holder of mining rights in Peru: it is a vital player in the country’s economy and is investing with international partners to develop Peru’s mining sector.

The first new aluminum smelter to be built in the Arabian Gulf in 25 years has become a catalyst for industrial growth in the region, making Oman an attractive destination for multinationals to locate their facilities.

If the feasibility report comes in as expected the former owner of the Schaft Creek deposit will have a big decision to make, as Copper Fox CEO Elmer Stewart explains to Alan Swaby.

At the time of writing, it’s easy to imagine that the computers at Teck Resources are doing some extra bench presses followed by a daily 10km run for improved stamina. Anything, in fact, to get them in peak condition for the serious number crunching they are going to have to do, starting in the next few months.

US component manufacturer Commercial Vehicle Group has acquired Stratos Seating of Sydney, Australia, a seat supplier to the Australian military, truck and specialty vehicle markets.

"This acquisition not only expands our Australian presence in the military and truck markets, but also enhances our overall product offering with the addition of the unique Stratos suspension system and military seating products," said W. Gordon Boyd, president of Commercial Vehicle Group's Seating Systems Group.