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Why Most Companies Aren’t Meeting Their Cost-Cutting Goals

According to research from CFOShare, more than 80% of organizations aiming to cut costs in 2020 and beyond will fall short in that effort.

1217 Meeting Cost Cutting Goals

Whiskey Makers Are Bidding For Climate-Conscious Drinkers

A growing number of booze makers are putting their own spin on making greener alcohol.

Source: Bloomberg

Rent the Runway CEO Says Access, Not Ownership, Is Fashion’s Future

Fashionistas in 2020 aren’t going to obsess over owning the trendiest clothes. They’ll be more interested in having access to them.

1209 Access Is Fashions Future

One American CEO’s Tortuous Path to Surviving Trump’s Trade Wars

Perhaps no corporate executive in America has been whiplashed more by President Trump’s trade wars than Tom Werner.

1127 Surviving Trumps Trade Wars

Amazon Teams Up With China Upstart for Black Friday Sale

Amazon.com is counting on a smartphone app known for cheap deals to lure Chinese consumers during the Black Friday online spree, in a partnership that extends to the end of the year.

1126 Amazon Teams With China

In a Class By Itself: How Target Became the Model in U.S. Retail

The cheap-chic retailer — in distress just five years ago — has morphed into a model for how to avoid the retail apocalypse.

1125 How Target Became Model

Multinationals Are Still Pouring Cash Into China as Trade War Rages

Companies from Tesla Inc. to Walmart Inc. are expanding operations in the world’s second-biggest economy — helping offset the departure of goods manufacturers that have had to rethink supply chains after U.S. tariffs made their products more expensive.

Source: Bloomberg

Watch: Supply Chain Disruption in 2020

In the age of supply-chain disruption, who are the winners and the losers? Martin Verwijmeren, chief executive officer of MPO, lays out the keys to success in a time of great uncertainty.

1118 Supply Chain Disruption

Nike Pulling Its Products From Amazon in E-Commerce Pivot

The athletic brand will stop selling its sneakers and apparel directly on Amazon’s website, ending a pilot program that began in 2017.

1113 Nike Pulling Its Products

A New App Lets Carriers Secure Drivers Directly and On Demand

As demand for consumer goods grows, especially in the burgeoning e-commerce sector, a key element of getting product to market continues to bedevil merchandisers: the truck driver.

1113 Drivers On Demand

A Model for Improving Home Healthcare Supply Chains in Ontario

The megatrend in healthcare today is a focus on home care, bypassing the hospital and clinic. So it only makes sense that a Canadian health network would be looking to transform its supply chain toward that end.

A health-care worker sorts through inventory. Photo: Shutterstock.

How a Maker of Agricultural Equipment Transformed Its Inbound Supply Chain

AGCO’s goal was nothing less than radical integration of its inbound supply chain, supplier relations and factory flows. A collaboration with 4flow helped to launch the “Smart Logistics” initiative.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

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