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U.K. Department Store Trials Clothing Repair Service in Bid to Cut Carbon Waste

John Lewis stores will charge £10.95 ($14.15) to fix small rips and tears, £28.50 for a broken zipper on items like cushion covers, and £99.95 to restore a handbag.

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Air Freight Could Take 'Days or Even Weeks' to Recover from CrowdStrike Crash

Both FedEx and UPS have warned customers to expect delays on package deliveries originally slated for the date of CrowdStrike's outage on July 19.

Oshkosh, WI, USA - July 30, 2014 FedEx Express Airbus A300-600F airplane on the ramp at the Oshkosh Airport from Madison. Photo: iStock.com/vandervliet93

Watch: Today's Supply Chain Priorities: Where's the Tech Spend?

Supply chain leaders are expected to increase investment in technologies over the next two years, but they must prioritize what they want to implement, says Carly West, senior director analyst at Gartner.

Gartner Carly West Today's Supply Chain Priorities Where's The Tech Spend (540p)

Dior, Armani Under Fire for Misleading Consumers Over Abuse of Workers

Prosecutors in Milan found that Armani and Dior had subcontracted out production of their handbags to Chinese-owned companies in Italy that violated a litany of ethical labor regulations.

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How iPaaS Can Pave the Way for Seamless Automation Adoption

Chief information officers today face increasing pressure to keep pace with advances in technology. And that brings the role of the integration platform as a service (iPaaS) into prominence.

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New Proposed Trump Tariffs Could 'Fundamentally Alter' U.S. Supply Chains

Trump's proposal would include a 60% tax on all goods from China, which accounted for roughly 15% of all U.S. imports in 2023, by value.

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Union Push at U.K. Amazon Warehouse Falls Short by 28 Votes

Just over 49% of workers voted in favor of unionizing, ending a two-year-long fight where employees held a series of strikes in a push for higher pay.

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Senate Probe Says Amazon Prime Day Leads to Flood of Injuries in Warehouses

The Senate committee's investigation found that there were 45 injuries for every 100 workers over the course of Prime Day 2019.

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Watch: Outsourcing or Insourcing: The Big Debate

There’s no one-size-fits-all strategy when determining whether to outsource or insource manufacturing operations, says Sam New, director analyst at Gartner.

Gartner Supply Chain Sam New Outsourcing Or Insourcing The Big Debate (540p)

GM Shareholders Reject Proposal to Evaluate Child Labor Practices

GM's board of directors asserted that the company's policies already reflect a "zero-tolerance" approach to child labor.

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Watch: How Collaborative Bidding Drives Innovation in Supplier Relationships

Kate Vitasek, faculty member at the University of Tennessee, explains how collaborative bidding can bring about a whole new way of looking at supplier-buyer engagements.

How Collaborative Bidding Drives Innovation In Supplier Relationships

EU Push to End Forced Labor Could Drive $7B in Spending on Supply Chain Visibility

Verdantix predicts a $7 billion market for supply chain sustainability software by 2029, with EU manufacturing and retail firms expected to drive the bulk of that spending.

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