FortuneMore from FortuneAll LogisticsHere's What Will Happen When China and U.S. Tariffs Take Effect FridayWhen mutually threatened tariffs on $34bn goods come into effect this Friday, China will get a head start on the United States, Reuters reports.July 5, 2018All TechnologyWhile Elon Musk Loves Tesla's New Tent Factory, Others Aren't So SureElon Musk has few days to make good on his pledge that Tesla will be pumping out 5,000 Model 3 sedans a week by the end of the month. If he succeeds, it may be thanks to the curious structure outside the company’s factory. It’s a tent the size of two football fields that Musk calls “pretty sweet” and that manufacturing experts deride as, basically, nuts.June 29, 2018All LogisticsAlibaba v. Tencent: The Battle for Supremacy in ChinaThere’s something irresistible about a clash of titans. The fate of the world hung in the balance during the Cold War standoff between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Coke vs. Pepsi once mattered mightily. Ali-Foreman defined a pugilistic era. And then there’s the celebrity spat pitting Taylor Swift against Kanye West. (Look what he made her do.)June 26, 2018Business Strategy AlignmentIt Looks Like Amazon Accidentally Leaked When Prime Day 2018 IsAmazon Prime Day, the online retailer’s big summer sale, will start on July 16, according to a banner that appeared briefly on the Amazon U.K. website.June 22, 2018Logistics OutsourcingHere's How Immigration Policy Impacts Your Avocados and Other ProduceAn avocado farmer in Santa Barbara, Calif. is struggling to find laborers amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, according to CNN.June 20, 2018All TechnologyHP’s CEO Tells Vendors Make Diversity a Priority — or Else No BusinessWhen HP’s CEO Dion Weisler talks about the importance of diversity inclusion, he really means it. The legendary company, famous for printers and PCs, has told its vendors that it expects them to “step up” to make gender and racial diversity a priority at their companies — or else — HP (HPQ) won’t do business with them.June 18, 2018All LogisticsGoogle Gets Into Groceries by Partnering With France's Carrefour for Online Food DeliveryAs online ordering and fresh food delivery expands around the globe, Google is angling for a stake. The Alphabet subsidiary announced a joint venture this week with French chain Carrefour, making it the first retailer in France to partner with Google.June 14, 2018Global LogisticsAmazon Is Being Blasted by a Watchdog Group Over China Echo Factory ConditionsA watchdog group is calling on Amazon.com Inc. to improve conditions for factory workers in China who make Echo speakers and Kindle e-readers, renewing criticisms that CEO Jeff Bezos became the world’s wealthiest man on the backs of low-paid laborers.June 12, 2018All TechnologyWhy Companies That Manage for the Long Term Perform Far Better. And Why Most Still Don’t.It’s the 1990s, the dawn of the Internet age — and you, like everyone you know, has a genius of a dotcom idea. Somehow, you get in to see one of the hottest venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. Your pitch, fired up and ready: You’re going to sell books over the Internet. (The VC yawns.)June 8, 2018Global LogisticsHow Amazon Is Using Whole Foods in a Bid for Total Retail DominationAt 9 a.m. on June 16, 2017, Whole Foods employees packed into the main level of the company’s Austin headquarters. Only an hour earlier Amazon had announced that it was acquiring the high-end natural grocer, and the corporate staffers were as shocked as the rest of the public.June 6, 2018Previous PagePage 3 of 22Next Page
