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How Fashion Retailer H&M Is Betting on Big Data and A.I. to Regain Profitability

Recent years of lackluster performance and the most significant profit drop in six years has fast-fashion retailer H&M looking for a road to profitability.

In Times of Trade War, Companies Get Creative to Avoid Tariffs

Facing the barrage of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, Steve Katz is ducking for cover in the trade-war version of a demilitarized zone.

Report on Forced Labor in Tech Supply Chains Finds Plenty of Room for Improvement

The world’s major global technology companies are making progress toward eliminating forced labor from their supply chains. But some of the biggest players are lagging in that effort.

Maersk, IBM Say 94 Organizations Have Joined Blockchain Trade Platform

Shipping group Maersk said on Thursday 94 companies and organizations have so far joined a blockchain platform developed with IBM aimed at boosting efficiency and limiting the enormous paper trail of global container shipping.

More Than 10 Percent of Companies Are Ignoring GDPR Risk

During the six-year lead-up to the May 25, 2018, effective date of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), much attention was focused on the onerous financial penalties for noncompliance.

Centralizing Equipment Rentals Saves Utility Company Millions

Partnering with the right provider brought UTILCO data it had never seen before, which enabled better forecasting, smart equipment purchases, and quantifiable vendor performance management.

Walmart, JD Invest $500M in Chinese Logistics Service

Dada-JD Daojia has raised $500m from existing backers JD.com Inc. and Walmart Inc. to quicken the growth of its delivery network across China.

Amazon Wants to Hire 237 People to Work From Home

Seattle-based Amazon is looking to add more than 200 employees to it’s 575,000-person workforce. The work-from-home opportunities allow people based outside of Seattle — and whatever city will house the company’s secondary headquarters — to work for Amazon.

Perspective: How to Protect Yourself From Supply Chain Disruptions

A number of high-profile supply shortages have highlighted the importance of guarding against disruption.

Three Ways Wholesale Distributors Can Improve Planning

Shoppers’ expectations of convenience, choice, price and experience continue to change. Staying ahead of the trends is key to winning.

A Google, Uber Self-Driving Veteran Raises $40M for Robot Truck Startup Kodiak

A week after Uber shut down its autonomous truck program a former member of both that effort and Google’s Self-Driving Car project is resurfacing with a robot semi-truck startup that’s hitting the road with $40m in Series A funding.

Levi Strauss Takes Aim at Supply Chain Emissions

Levi Strauss & Co. has announced a new climate action strategy that sets targets for reducing carbon emissions across its owned-and-operated facilities and global supply chain by 2025. These goals have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative.

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