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Laid-Off Tech Workers Are About to Get Help From Allstate

Massive job cuts at tech companies could make Allstate's hiring search easier, according to chief financial officer Jess Merten.

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Five Challenges to Supply Chain Resilience in 2023

Bindiya Vakil, chief executive officer of Resilinc, lays out five trends and challenges to supply chains to watch for in the coming year.

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The Race to Close the Supply Chain Execution Gap

As manufacturers cope with heightened pressures for highly customized orders and sudden changes in demand, they experience a mismatch between their planning and procurement teams.

Five Ways That Service Spares Logistics Improves your Bottom Line

Savvy spare part management improves the bottom line, boosts service to customers and creates greater business resiliency and risk management.

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Google Parent Firm Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs Worldwide

Tech firms laid off more than 150,000 workers globally in 2022, with a further 38,800 layoffs already announced in 2023.

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Wayfair is Laying Off 1,750 Workers

Wayfair, Amazon, Peloton Interactive and other companies saw business surge but are now slashing jobs.

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Small Retailers Finally Get a Fighting Chance Thanks to a Roosevelt-Era Antitrust Law

Smaller retailers also see Robinson-Patman as a salve for another irritant: seeing empty shelves at their stores while larger rivals have plenty of merchandise.

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France Hit by Disruptions as Unions Start Pension Strikes

Although Macron lost his outright majority in June’s parliamentary election, the conservative Republicains party has said it could back the pension bill under certain conditions.

Workers board up a store ahead of a demonstration, in Paris on Jan. 19. Photo: Bloomberg

Podcast | Why Private Equity Believes in the Logistics Industry

How can we tell that the logistics industry holds so much promise for investors? It’s where the money is.

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JIT and Industry 4.0: The Future of Modern Manufacturing

It’s time to reassess just-in-time inventory management.

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Sharing Logistics Data Without Compromising Sensitive Information

A means of speeding up payment for services, factoring can help small to midsized carriers reduce overhead and increase margins.

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Microsoft to Cut 10,000 Jobs in March as Tech Firms, Including Amazon, Thin Ranks

Sector reacts to post-pandemic shift in digital spending and gloomy economic outlook for 2023.

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