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Survey: Inventory Levels Fell in 2009

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More than 50% of the companies surveyed saw a decrease in inventory levels during 2009, according to a recent Finished Goods Inventory Management Report by Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium.

Debt Forces Oriental Trading Into Chapter 11

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In an effort to pay down debt, OTC Holdings Corp., owner of gifts and novelty merchant Oriental Trading, on Aug. 25 filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Q&A WITH USPS’S SUSAN PLONKEY

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Susan M. Plonkey, The Acting President, mailing and shipping services, for the U.S. Postal Service as of June 3, talks with senior writer Jim Tierney