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FEATURES Using digital, customer centricity and ecosystems strategies, smart companies can shift from chasing incremental cost savings to create new value. FULL ARTICLE |
COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS Online shopping and next-day delivery are fueling the need for speed. FULL ARTICLE |
NEWS “Retailers still want to protect their customers against potential price increases that would come with any additional tariffs, but with the latest proposed tariffs on hold for now and warehouses bulging, there’s only so much they can do,” said Jonathan Gold of NRF. FULL ARTICLE |
The industry is now scrambling to gauge the fallout after Japan slapped restrictions on exports to Korea of three classes of materials crucial to the production of semiconductors and cutting-edge screens. FULL ARTICLE |
The company will retrain 100,000 warehouse workers by 2025 to allow employees to move into more highly skilled jobs within the company or find new careers outside of Amazon. FULL ARTICLE |
"China will see more factory shutdowns as the trade war that’s roiled the global supply chain exacerbates an exodus." FULL ARTICLE |
While the planned strike will affect just one of Amazon’s more than 100 U.S. warehouses, which typically employ a couple of thousand people, the unrest coincides with increasing political pressure on the company and could embolden workers elsewhere. FULL ARTICLE |
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